Francis Ford Coppola's Upcoming $120M Sci-Fi Is A Bigger Risk When Seeing His 21st Century Record

Although Francis Ford Coppola's upcoming $120 million sci-fi movie, Megalopolis, features an ensemble cast and direction from the legendary filmmaker, his body of work from the 21st Century puts the upcoming sci-fi's success into question. Even with Adam Driver promoting Megalopolis, Coppola's absence from the film industry combined with the lukewarm-at-best reception of his more recent efforts makes the critical and commercial success of his upcoming Megalopolis less likely. Furthermore, Megalopolis will be Coppola's first sci-fi movie, which also makes the movie's margin for error far wider than if it were a crime or war drama.