A director like Francis Ford Coppola, responsible for having adapted The Godfather from Mario Puzo and make it one of the most remembered trilogies, which also gave the world another masterpiece like Apocalypse Now, it always deserves to have the opportunity to do the projects it wants. However, there is one that he dreams of for a long time but that for years was buried among those who could never advance. Now with Oscar Isaac and Forrest Withaker at the helm, you have everything ready to do it.
Oscar Isaac, the one chosen by Francis Ford Coppola for the most important role. (Getty)
Is about Megalopolis, a film that is over 20 years in the making but was condemned by the context. According to the costs estimated by the own Francis Ford CoppolaYou will need to invest about $ 100 to $ 120 million to make it happen. Some time ago he sold a vineyard that was his property and with that money he will be ready to start this project in 2022. This was confirmed to Deadline.
“I am committed to making this film, I would like to make it in the fall of 2022. I do not have my entire cast approved but I have enough to be confident that it is going to be an exciting cast.”, assured Coppola. A Isaac and Whitaker it is necessary to add, according to the mentioned means, to Cate Blanchett, Jon Voight, zendaya, Michelle Pfeiffer and Jessica Lange, in addition to James Caan. “I think the great news here is that I am the same as I was 20 or 40 years ago. I still want to make the dream movie, even if I have to put up my own money. “, he pointed.
Forrest Whitaker will play Cicero. (Getty)
Coppola He said that his new film will be a modern version of what is known as the Conspiracy of Catilina, an event that occurred during the time of Roman empire. It will be set in modern New York that he did not choose to give a specific date but will rename “New Rome.” “It was a famous duel between a patrician, Catilina, and his part will be played by Oscar Isaac, and the famous Cicero, who will be Forest Whitaker”, said the director, who also said: “Everybody wants to make the next movie of Marvel but nobody wants to make a movie that really speaks to young people with hope “.
The last work of Francis Ford Coppola
The last film that saw the light with the seal of Francis Ford Coppola It was a new cut of The Godfather: Part III. To mark the 30th anniversary of the end of his iconic trilogy, the director released a new version of his film in some North American theaters. It was a restored 4K version where some scenes were shortened and others were lengthened. This involved rearranging the film and working again on its music, for a film that was called Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone.
“For this version I created a new beginning and a new ending”, declared to Deadline at the time, and stressed that he had “A more appropriate conclusion to The Godfather”. To carry out this project, Coppola had to capture the tape frame by frame with a scanner. At the time, the film received 7 nominations for Oscar, including Best Film and Best Director.
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