Goodfellas has come on board to handle international sales on Francis Ford Coppola’s Cannes Competition selection Megalopolis, Screen can reveal.
It is further understood the epic drama has sold to Le Pacte for France, which satisfies Cannes’ rule stating that films invited to play in Competition must be released theatrically in France prior to debuting on a platform.
Adam Driver stars in Megalopolis as an ambitious architect who harbours grand plans to rebuild New York and falls for the daughter of his rival, the mayor, who wants to perpetuate greed and support special interest groups. The first-look image from the film was released on Tuesday.
Also starring are Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne, Talia Shire, and Jason Schwartzman.
Kathryn Hunter, Grace VanderWaal, Chloe Fineman, James Remar, D.B. Sweeney, and Dustin Hoffman round out the key cast.
Attorney Barry Hirsch represents North American sales on the $120m feature, which Coppola self-financed by selling part of his vineyard.
The drama screened for US buyers in Los Angeles in late March and received a lukewarm reception. Now international buyers will get their chance to snap up the latest epic from the celebrated filmmaker.
Coppola has won the Palme d’Or on two occasions for The Conversation (1974) and Apocalypse Now (1979, tied). His feature Tetro opened Directors’ Fortnight in 2009.
After Screen’s story broke, Deadline was first to report the sale to Le Pacte.
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