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    'Megalopolis': Francis Ford Coppola teases 'Godfather' update, criticizes Hollywood at Cannes

    by Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times May 17, 2024 4 minutes
    Francis Ford Coppola spun stories about his career, including the 40th anniversary screening of " The Cotton Club," at the Plaza Theatre Atlanta on April 7, 2024, in Atlanta.

    CANNES, France — In the face of the criticism, controversy and uncertain financial prospects swirling around his self-financed speculative epic "Megalopolis," Francis Ford Coppola met the press at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday with a good-natured shrug.

    "I don't care. I never cared," the 85-year-old filmmaker said when asked about the reported $120 million fortune he sunk into the film. ""The money doesn't matter. What's important are friends."

    Those friends, along with sister Talia Shire, son Roman Coppola and granddaughter Romy Mars, flanked "The Godfather" and "Apocalypse Now" filmmaker on the dais and in the making of the film, on which he credited

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