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Francis Ford Coppola Justifies His Firing of the ‘Megalopolis’ Art Department

Photo by Phil Caruso/Lionsgate/Phil Caruso/Lionsgate – © 2024 Lionsgate Three weeks ahead of the September 27 release of Megalopolis, director Francis Ford Coppola is already commenting about the allegations that he’d fired his art department and visual-effects team back in December of 2022. News of the firings was first published by The Hollywood Reporter in January…

Fred Roos, Oscar-Winning Producer, Dies at 89

©Courtesy of Fred Roos Family Fred Roos, the Oscar-winning producer and casting director who had close relationships with the Coppola family, has died, Variety is reporting. The filmmaker, who’s remembered for casting and producing The Godfather series, American Graffiti and Megalopolis, was 89. He died on Saturday in Beverly Hills, four days before what would…

Filmmaker Eleanor Coppola Dies at 87; She Documented ‘Apocalypse Now’

Eleanor Coppola, a documentary filmmaker who was married to Francis Ford Coppola for 61 years, died in the family home in Rutherford, California on April 12. She was 87. Eleanor Jessie Neil was born in Los Angeles in 1936 and studied design at UCLA before beginning her career in the film industry. She met her…

Is Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ Turning Into a Megaflopolis?

Is Megalopolis turning into a Megaflopolis? Despite the fact that Francis Ford Coppola’s new movie will kick off the Cannes Film Festival in May, and despite the fact that Coppola has created some of the most iconic films of the past half century, including the three Godfather films, Apocalypse Now, and Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the…

Coppola’s Epic ‘Megalopolis’ Reportedly Will Debut at Cannes

@Courtesy of American Zoetrope  Though no official announcement has been made, Francis Ford Coppola’s epic Megalopolis is reportedly going to make its debut at Cannes this year. And the 84-year-old director has just shared an Instagram image depicting a scene from his elaborate passion project. Coppola began work on the script for Megalopolis some forty…

Frederic Forrest, Actor in ‘The Rose’ and ‘Apocalypse Now,’ Dies at 86

Frederic Forrest, the Oscar-nominated character actor noted for his performances in Apocalypse Now and The Rose, has died in Santa Monica at the age of 86.News of his passing brought tributes from leading Hollywood figures who had worked with him over the years, including director Francis Ford Coppola and actor Bette Midler. Coppola, who directed…

Coppola Shoots Down “Megalopolis” in Peril Report

Is Megalopolis fizzling into a Megaflopolis? That’s the buzz out of Hollywood around Francis Ford Coppola’s titanic new project, a science-fiction epic that seems ready to crash and burn like a flying zeppelin. According to Hollywood Reporter, the film is halfway shot in Atlanta—the city that General Sherman once torched—it’s already lost key members of…

‘The Godfather’ Actor James Caan Dies at Age 82

Iconic Hollywood actor, James Caan, who’s best known for playing Sonny Corleone in The Godfather, has died at the age of 82, Rolling Stone is reporting. His family confirmed the news on his official Twitter account early this afternoon, but no cause of death was given. In the tweet, the Oscar-nominated actor’s family stated: “It…