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The film reunited Coppola with past collaborators, including actors Esposito, Fishburne, Remar, Shire, and Sweeney, cinematographer [[Mihai Mălaimare Jr.]], second-unit director [[Roman Coppola]], and composer [[Osvaldo Golijov]]. Like several other Coppola films, ''Megalopolis'' had a troubled production. Coppola adopted an experimental style, encouraging his actors to improvise and write certain scenes during the shoot, and adding his own last-minute changes to the script. The art department and visual effects team, among others, left midway through production.
''Megalopolis'' was selected to compete for the [[Palme d'Or]] at the [[77th Cannes Film Festival]], but polarized critics and Hollywood studios. Coppola could not find a studio that would both reimburse his production costs and pay for a large marketing campaign. He opted to self-fund his own marketing campaign, with [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]] theatrically releasing the film in the United States. It endured a troubled run-up to release: a trailer was removed for using fabricated [[pull quote]]s, and Coppola sued trade publication ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' for libel after it published allegations of sexual misconduct by him on set. The film premiered at Cannes on May 16, 2024 and was released on September 27, 2024. It has just grossed $10{{nbsp}}million worldwide.
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