Well, Francis Ford Coppola did say he was “sure” it would all work out. And now it’s official: Lionsgate Studios will distribute Coppola’s divisive film Megalopolis in the U.S.
In a press release today, Lionsgate, which also distributed Coppola’s famed war film Apocalypse Now Final Cut, said the Adam Driver, Dustin Hoffman, and Shia LaBeouf starrer will be released in domestic theaters and in IMAX on September 27, 2024.
The self-financed $120 million film has had a rough go of it, with several Hollywood insiders anonymously expressing their dissatisfaction with the film to The Hollywood Reporter with phrases like “not good” and hard to “position.” Those insiders also said Coppola would face an uphill battle in finding distribution, as sales agents told the site the movie was too “experimental” and hard to “position.” One suggested that maybe “a small, specialized label” would pick it up, since the movie would be a hard sell to a mass audience.
