News about Francis Ford Coppola

Nicolas Cage's captivating personal life rivals the intrigue of his renowned film career.  The City of Angels star, 60, has been married five times, with the last three of his wives being over 20 years younger than him. Cage, a nephew of acclaimed Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola, also has a history of high-profile relationships with several prominent Hollywood stars.

Francis Ford Coppola's decades-in-the-making, self-financed epic Megalopolis flopped, while the acclaimed DreamWorks Animation family film The Wild Robot soared to No. 1 at the weekend box office. The Wild Robot, Chris Sanders' adaptation of Peter Brown's bestseller, outperformed expectations to launch with $35 million in ticket sales in U.S. and Canada theaters, according to studio estimates on Sunday. The DreamWorks movie was poised to do well after critics raved about the story of a shipwrecked robot who raises an orphan gosling. Audiences agreed, giving the film an 'A' CinemaScore. 'Wild Robot' is likely set up to enjoy a long and lucrative run for its distributor Universal Pictures.

BRIAN VINER: When I saw Megalopolis at this year's Cannes Film Festival, I anointed it with just one star. Looking back, that was harsh. It is not devoid of virtues, so it probably deserves two. But it is a crashing disappointment all the same, a desperately bloated and self-indulgent exercise on the part of 85-year-old director Francis Ford Coppola. And I write as one of his biggest fans. The Godfather is my favourite film of all time. His 1970s output alone, which also included The Godfather: Part II, The Conversation and Apocalypse Now, elevates him to the very top tier of filmmakers. He stands with the greatest of the greats.

She's best known to British viewers as Hollyoaks beauty Sasha Valentine. But Nathalie Emmanuel was worlds away from the famous Chester village as she mingled with some of Hollywood's finest at the premiere of Francis Ford Coppola's controversial new film Megalopolis on Monday. The actress, 35, cut a glamorous figure in an elegant burgundy gown as she posed for snaps alongside Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro at the screening, which unveiled the 'Ultimate IMAX Cut' of the epic.

Aubrey Plaza and Nathalie Emmanuel were visions of glamour as they attended the premiere of their star-studded new film, Megalopolis. The duo were a sight to behold as they worked the red carpet alongside co-star Dustin Hoffman, 87, Giancarlo Esposito, 66, and their director, the legendary Francis Ford Coppola, 85. The sci-fi film follows a conflict between brilliant artist Cesar Catilina (Adam Driver) and greedy mayor Franklyn Cicer (Giancarlo Esposito). Julia Cicer (Emmanuel) finds herself torn between them, her loyalty divided between her beloved and her father. 

Plaza, 40, was promoting her upcoming film Megalopolis, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, on Stern's self-titled Sirius XM show on Wednesday, but tensions started to build before the interview had even started. Stern, 70, allegedly felt like he was 'pulling teeth' with the Parks and Recreation star who he accused of being late, before questioning if she needed therapy.

Director Francis Ford Coppola has slammed allegations he inappropriately kissed young women on the set of Megalopolis, which is due to hit theaters later this month. Coppola, in May earlier this year, was accused of attempting to 'kiss topless and scantily clad female extras' during production.

Grace VanderWaal was completely unrecognizable while attending the Megalopolis premiere at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival earlier this month. Eight years after winning season 11 of America's Got Talent, the singer, who is now 20, showed off her new look while walking the red carpet of her new film, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, in which she portrays pop star Vesta Sweetwater. While the former child star was previously known for her cute bob and bangs, she has since underwent a glamorous and more edgy makeover, which includes dyeing her hair platinum blonde. For the event, the Call It What You Want hitmaker wore a custom Liam Wilson Mackenzie couture corset and a vintage Cinema By Panos Zinas silk velvet skirt.

The principal cast of Francis Ford Coppola 's new movie Megalopolis posed on the red carpet at the Toronto International Film Festival Monday evening, including Adam Driver and Nathalie Emmanuel. The Oscar-winning director, 85, was at the center of a group shot with Driver, 40, Emmanuel, 35, D.B. Sweeney, 62, Grace VanderWaal, 20, and Giancarlo Esposito, 66, for the film's North American premiere at Roy Thomson Hall.

The Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola plans to shoot his next film in the capital, for the saddest of reasons.

Francis Ford Coppola is doubling down on his decision to cast a controversial group of actors for his new movie Megalopolis. The renowned film director, 85, admitted he purposefully included 'canceled' actors in his movie, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May. He explained that he wanted the diverse and divisive group to be 'all working on one film together.'

Just a month after reports and videos from the set of Megalopolis claimed director Francis Ford Coppola behaved inappropriately on set, the filmmaker is speaking out. The 85-year-old filmmaker - who funded the $120 million passion project out of his own fortune - reportedly kissed extras and made some feel uncomfortable on set. Two brief videos surfaced days later, which seemed to show the director kissing women during a night club scene in the film, which opens in theaters September 27.

Lionsgate recalled its new trailer for Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis on Wednesday amid revelations that critics' quotes were fabricated. The trailer, released earlier Wednesday, included quotes from critics like Pauline Kael and Roger Ebert of earlier Coppola films that did not actually appear in their reviews. 'Lionsgate is immediately recalling our trailer for Megalopolis,' a Lionsgate spokesperson said in a statement to The Associated Press. 

Renowned director Francis Ford Coppola . 85, hit back at his critics in the star-studded new trailer for his upcoming epic Megalopolis. The film was plunged into controversy in May when he was accused of hugging and kissing a female extra without asking while filming a nightclub scene. Now a full-length trailer has dropped, showcasing the movie's all-star cast including Adam Driver , Aubrey Plaza and Shia LaBeouf.

An extra allegedly kissed by director Francis Ford Coppola on the set of Megalopolis has broken her silence after shocking videos emerged. Last week, Variety published two short behind-the-scenes videos shot while Coppola, 85, (seen right in May) and his crew were filming a club scene in Atlanta that appeared to show the director leaning in to multiple actresses who were dancing (inset). One of the women in the video - Lauren Pagone (left)- who appeared in multiple scenes in Megalopolis as an extra, says she was dancing during a live take of the club scene when Coppola allegedly approached her, pulled her towards him and hugged and kissed her. She told Variety: ' I was in shock. I didn't expect him to kiss and hug me like that. I was caught off-guard. And I can tell you he came around a couple times.' Pagone said she decided to come forward when another extra seen in one of the two videos, Rayna Menz told Deadline the Oscar winner 'did nothing to make me or for that matter anyone on set feel uncomfortable.

Videos published last week allegedly showing the director Francis Ford Coppola 'trying to kiss young female extras' on the set of his film Megalopolis are now being called 'misleading' by one of the extras featured prominently in them. On Friday, Variety published two short behind-the-scenes videos shot while Coppola and his crew were filming a club scene in Atlanta that appeared to show the director leaning in to multiple actress who were dancing. But Raynz Menz, an actress working as one of the extras on the film who was seen in one of the two videos, said in a statement posted Tuesday to her Instagram Stories that she was 'disgusted' by allegations that Coppola had behaved unprofessionally.

Francis Ford Coppola was seen 'trying to kiss young female extras' in shocking new footage of the Oscar-winning director on set of his upcoming sci-fi epic.

Halsey looked nearly naked for her new music video Lucky, which dropped on Friday. She has only underwear and rhinestones over her body as she models a red wig.  The video is directed by Gia Coppola, who is the granddaughter of The Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola.

Halsey went nearly topless in an evocative sneak peek for her upcoming music video Lucky, which is slated to bow on Friday. Based on hints she previously dropped on social media, the song may be about how she is 'lucky to be alive' after being diagnosed with lupus and a rare T-cell disorder. Now she has offered a tantalizing glimpse of its video, helmed by Gia Coppola, who is the granddaughter of The Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola .

An iconoclastic filmmaking legend and one of the world's most enduring musical acts headline this year's crop of Kennedy Center Honors recipients. Director Francis Ford Coppola and the Grateful Dead will be honored for lifetime achievement in the arts, along with jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, blues legend Bonnie Raitt and the legendary Harlem theater The Apollo, which has launched generations of Black artists. This 47th Kennedy Center class will be honored with an evening of tributes, testimonials and performances on Dec. 8 at Washington's John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The ceremony will be broadcast on CBS on December 23.

None of the Beverly Hills Cop sequels have matched the original, and the same is true of this latest Netflix effort, the first for 30 years. And yet it's genuine fun, all the same and an ideal platform for Murphy, an evergreen 63, to show that as cocksure Axel Foley he still commands the screen with that matchless ability to play for laughs and thrills at the same time. On the whole, first-time director Mark Molloy astutely abides by Murphy's law: give rascally Axel enough funny lines (co-writer Will Beall is himself a former Los Angeles detective) and daft escapades (which here involve a stolen helicopter, golf cart and 10-ton truck) and he will keep the show on the road.

Her latest 'drop' of goods, bearing the faux-heraldic 'ARO' crest of her not-quite-launched brand American Riviera Orchard, comprised just two jars of raspberry jam and one stylish container of dog biscuits. We can reveal, however, that the much-publicised jams will not be first out of the traps as a money spinner for Meghan Inc. Indeed, they seem to be something of a red herring. Rather, a source tells us that the priority is instead the launch of a... rosé wine.

Oliver Bennett travels to Santa Ynez Valley, where the film Sideways was filmed. He discovers it has become a 'funkier' alternative to Napa, adding: 'If Napa's a grande dame then Santa Ynez is a hipster with wineries run by good-life exiles from LA.'

Elizabeth MacRae, whose career was defined by her work on popular television shows including Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., and the soap opera General Hospital, has died at the age of 88. MacRae died peacefully at her home in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on Monday, May 27, according to her obituary. Although the actress was best known for her work on television, she appeared in a handful of movies throughout her career, including a widely acclaimed late-career triumph opposite Gene Hackman in Francis Ford Coppola's 1974 paranoia thriller The Conversation.