Trailer for Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ recalled over fabricated critics’ quotes

Lionsgate recalled its new trailer for Francis Ford Coppola’s “ Megalopolis ” Wednesday amid revelations that critics’ quotes have been fabricated.

“Lionsgate is instantly recalling our trailer for Megalopolis,” a Lionsgate spokesperson stated in a press release to The Related Press. “We provide our honest apologies to the critics concerned and to Francis Ford Coppola and American Zoetrope for this inexcusable error in our vetting course of. We screwed up. We’re sorry.”

The trailer, launched earlier Wednesday, included quotes from critics like Pauline Kael and Roger Ebert of different Coppola movies that didn’t truly seem of their opinions. The intent, it appears, was to spotlight the crucial divisiveness of now-classics like “The Godfather” and “Apocalypse Now,” leaning into a few of the extra destructive reactions to “Megalopolis,” the self-financed $120 million epic opening in September.

The trailer attributed a quote to Kael that “The Godfather” was “diminished by its artsiness.” However Kael beloved “The Godfather,” and this phrase was not utilized in her March 1972 evaluate of the movie for The New Yorker. Ebert additionally didn’t write that Coppola’s “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” was “a triumph of fashion over substance.” Quotes from Rex Reed and Vincent Canby, about “Apocalypse Now,” didn’t seem of their opinions both.

“Megalopolis” has been a long time within the making, and it obtained many blended opinions upon its premiere on the Cannes Movie Pageant earlier this yr. It has additionally come below scrutiny of late for alleged misconduct on set, after movies leaked of Coppola hugging and kissing extras throughout a membership scene. Representatives haven’t responded to the AP’s requests for remark concerning the movies.

The movie is ready to have its North American premiere on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Pageant subsequent month earlier than hitting theaters on Sept. 27.