A Francis Ford Coppola sci-fi film that was an notorious field workplace disappointment has set a brand new VOD premiere date after beforehand being pulled from its digital launch. Coppola is likely one of the most revered filmmakers of the fashionable age and has been nominated for 14 Oscars, successful 5 (for Patton, The Godfather, and The Godfather Half II).
Collectively, Francis Ford Coppola motion pictures have grossed greater than $950 million worldwide. Nonetheless, whereas hits equivalent to The Godfather and his 1992 Dracula adaptation grossed greater than $200 million apiece, he has had some notable misfires, together with his 1982 musical One from the Coronary heart and his latest sci-fi epic that stumbled in theaters.
Megalopolis Is Returning To VOD
2024’s Megalopolis is lastly returning to VOD. The sci-fi epic, which was a longtime ardour mission of Francis Ford Coppola’s, was written by Coppola and starred Adam Driver as architect Cesar, who fights to defend his imaginative and prescient towards institution powers. It additionally starred Giancarlo Esposito, Aubrey Plaza, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jon Voight, Shia LaBeouf, Laurence Fishburne, Talia Shire, and Dustin Hoffman.
The reported funds of Megalopolis was a whopping $136 million, together with roughly $120 million of Coppola’s personal cash. Nonetheless, the film was a theatrical disappointment, solely grossing $14.3 million worldwide, which was a complete that noticed it falling under different low-performing 2024 titles together with Higher Man, The Crow, Robert Zemeckis’ Right here, Borderlands, and Harold and the Purple Crayon.
Whereas the film initially debuted on premium video-on-demand in November 2024, it disappeared in early 2025. The Hollywood Reporter reported that it was Coppola’s intention for the film to solely be accessible in theaters.
Nonetheless, Apple TV’s itemizing for the film now says that Megalopolis is anticipated to reach on the platform on Thursday, September 4. It stays to be seen if the film shall be accessible for buy or rental elsewhere on the identical date, however it’s at present not listed on different main VOD platforms, together with Prime Video and Fandango at Dwelling.
What This Means For Megalopolis
Adam Driver tilting his head in Megalopolis
It in the end appears unlikely that the film’s availability on VOD will considerably improve its probabilities of turning a revenue towards its enormous funds. Damaging Megalopolis evaluations (on Rotten Tomatoes, it has earned 45% from critics and 34% from audiences) will in all probability proceed to plague the mission’s probabilities of connecting with widespread viewers.
Nonetheless, the truth that Megalopolis will as soon as extra be accessible on digital platforms might be thought-about a win for the film. Whereas it’s unclear how Francis Ford Coppola feels about this improvement, the truth that the mission can proceed to be found by new audiences will almost definitely solely profit it and assist it develop a cult following.
Megalopolis
8/10
Launch Date
September 27, 2024
Runtime
138 Minutes
