Here’s the first trailer for Mike Figgi’s “Megadoc,” which I reviewed a few days ago.
The film, which premiered at Venice, peels back the curtain on Coppola’s $120M gamble, “Megalopolis.” Watching “Megadoc,” you don’t quite know whether to laugh or to wince. Figgis doesn’t shy away either. He seems to be shooting everything.
Back in 2023, Figgis, best known for “Leaving Las Vegas,” embedded himself within the orbit of Coppola’s passion project, capturing everything from early pre-production to the disastrous rollout. The result is “MegaDoc,” a look at what might be one of the most controversial and divisive film productions in recent memory.
The doc seems to delight in the chaos. The logistics, before, and during production, must have been a total nightmare to experience for cast and crew. Coppola, financing his own dream project, comes off as a self-aggrandizing control freak, but the scenes most will be taking away from the doc is the epic tug-of-war between Coppola and Shia LaBeouf.
One of the more gripping moments in the doc is when Coppola fires the entire VFX department midway through production, reports had previously stated it was allegedly over their “allegiance to the Marvel Universe mode of filmmaking.”
Talks are underway about a possible theatrical pairing: a re-release of “Megalopolis” with “MegaDoc” playing beforehand. A limited solo rollout for the documentary is set for September 19 via Utopia.