metropolislong awaited project Francis Ford Coppola, is the latest film to have a temporary deal with SAG-AFTRA. The film wrapped production earlier this year, so it’s not known what the deal will be about, but with the acceleration of the festival season, the film could be sold in one of the markets or potentially screened at a festival, in which case an agreement would be needed for promotional purposes.
The film appeared in the daily updates of the SAG-AFTRA preliminary list of deals. According to the corporation, the deal for the film was concluded on Wednesday. Applications for temporary arrangements for SAG-AFTRA were submitted on the first day of the actors’ strike, July 14, and the guild immediately received “hundreds of questions… we will answer all of them”, said the national executive director and chief negotiator of SAG-AFTRA. Duncan Crabtree-Ireland He said at the time that the projects could not have “any AMPTP fingerprint” if they hoped to make a deal.
Since then, the process has been refined to include casting deals, and then the application policy has been changed to exclude any projects filmed in the US that are subject to the WGA. The move was made in solidarity with the simultaneous writers’ strike, which is now in its 122nd day.
What is Megapolis about?
The idea of the Megapolis was inspired by the second Catiline conspiracy. However, the film will have a futuristic setting and will focus on an ambitious architect who hatches a groundbreaking idea to transform New York into a utopia after a natural disaster destroys the city’s infrastructure. Viewers can expect stunning visuals as the film is said to be shot using revolutionary technology that uses new techniques similar to those used for The Mandalorian.
Coppola, who is the film’s writer and director, has assembled an amazing all-star cast for what could have been his swan song. outside Adam DriverI also appear in the cast Forest Whitaker, Natalie Emmanuel, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne, Aubrey Plaza, Talia Shire, Shia LaBeouf, Jason Schwartzman, Grace Vanderwaal, Katherine Hunter AND James Remar.