Francis Ford Coppola isn’t performed with “Megalopolis.” After Quentin Tarantino wrote a novel model of his “As soon as Upon a Time in Hollywood” characteristic (which is now getting a sequel from David Fincher), Coppola has introduced that he’s turning his 2024 movie “Megalopolis” right into a graphic novel.
The e book will probably be written by Chris Ryall, who has tailored Stephen King, Clive Barker, and Harlan Ellison’s works as nicely. Coppola explains that whereas it’s impressed by the movie, will probably be rather more than that.
“I used to be happy to place the concept of a graphic novel within the competent fingers of Chris Ryall with the concept that, though it was impressed by my movie ‘Megalopolis,’ it didn’t essentially must be restricted by it,” Coppola mentioned in a press release to THR. “I hoped the graphic novel would take its personal flight, with its personal artists and author in order that it will be a sibling of the movie, reasonably than simply an echo. That’s what I really feel Chris, [artist] Jacob Phillips, and the group at Abrams ComicArts have achieved. It confirms my feeling that artwork can by no means be constrained, however reasonably at all times a parallel expression, and a part of the bounty we will make accessible to our patrons, audiences and readers.”
The “Francis Ford Coppola‘s Megalopolis: An Authentic Graphic Novel” will probably be launched in October 2025.
“Megalopolis” starred Adam Driver as architect Cesar Catilina, who strives to create a utopian metropolis whereas battling Mayor Franklyn Cicero (Giancarlo Esposito). Nathalie Emmanuel, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne, and Aubrey Plaza co-starred within the Cannes characteristic that Coppola self-funded for $120 million. The movie went on to “win” the Razzie award for Worst Director, in addition to Voight as Worst Supporting Actor. Whereas some at IndieWire have been massive followers of the ambition on show, it was a polarizing title, and it flopped arduous on the field workplace with simply $14.3 million worldwide.
Nonetheless, there are the “Megalopolis” followers, together with “Francis Ford Coppola‘s Megalopolis: An Authentic Graphic Novel” scribe Ryall, who mentioned that Coppola’s “storytelling challenged and impressed me at each flip” with the movie. “Collaborating with Jacob Phillips introduced new depth to the narrative,” he mentioned. “With Abrams ComicArts, we’ve created one thing that each honors and expands the world of the unique movie.”
Phillips in flip said, “‘Megalopolis’ is a huge, awe-inspiring story which insisted I pushed my paintings to new ranges to satisfy the problem,” as Abrams writer Joseph Montagne mentioned. “Coppola’s storytelling genius, paired with Ryall’s writing and Phillips’ dynamic artistry, makes ‘Megalopolis’ a real landmark within the graphic novel literary canon.”
Coppola will obtain the AFI Life Achievement Award throughout the Gala Tribute on the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA on April 26.
THR, which first reported the information, shared paintings from the graphic novel’s cowl.