First ‘Megalopolis’ Trailer Calls Out Coppola’s Critics: ‘True Genius Is Often Misunderstood’

The self-financed epic will open in theaters on Sept. 27

Megalopolis Francis Ford Coppola Cannes
Adam Driver in "Megalopolis" (American Zoetrope)

Update: After outcry over apparently making up quotes used in the trailer, Lionsgate has pulled it offline. “Lionsgate is immediately recalling our trailer for ‘Megalopolis,’” a Lionsgate spokesman told TheWrap. “We offer our sincere apologies to the critics involved and to Francis Ford Coppola and American Zoetrope for this inexcusable error in our vetting process.  We screwed up.  We are sorry.”

TheWrap’s original story follows below but the video is now unavailable.

Lionsgate released the new trailer to Francis Ford Coppola’s self-financed epic “Megalopolis” on Wednesday ahead of its theatrical debut next month.

Written, produced and directed by Coppola, the movie is a decades-long passion project for the “Godfather” filmmaker.

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