Francis Ford Coppola Forced To Sell Prized Watches After Box Office Bomb, 'Megalopolis'

[3rdWorld]

Francis Ford Coppola Forced To Sell His Prized Watches 'Megalopolis' Flopped

Francis Ford Coppola has resorted to selling a large part of his prized watch collection after sinking $120m to fund his film "Megalopolis."

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[Rell84shots]

Never self finance a 100+ million dollar movie.

 

[85 East]

Adam Driver is a great actor, but Im not making a 100 plus million dollars film with him as the lead. He's an actors actor, not a movie star. If you're going to break the bank, you better have a face people want to pay to see.

 

[UnQuantized]

He went through this in the 80s. Went bankruupt and had to sell his production company, house and become a director for hire. Made his money back through his wine company but he had to sell a stake in that to make Megalopolis. Regardless, it's reckless, Coppola is talented but comes across as a guy with nobody in his life who can say no to him so he ends up taking silly risks. That script needed way more work and could have been budgeted better. If he had been willing to compromise even a little bit a studio could of got behind him and given this film a chance.

 

[Diunx]

Oh no poor guy.

 

[Khalil's_Black_Excellence]

Adam Driver is a great actor, but Im not making a 100 plus million dollars film with him as the lead. He's an actors actor, not a movie star. If you're going to break the bank, you better have a face people want to pay to see.

Funny you say that, cuz I found it hilarious how Hollywood keep trying to pump him up to be some ladies man, when he literally has the face of a school shooter.

 

[Silver Surfer]

Good....

 

[Rell84shots]

Adam Driver is a great actor, but Im not making a 100 plus million dollars film with him as the lead. He's an actors actor, not a movie star. If you're going to break the bank, you better have a face people want to pay to see.

Problem is that even if you have a superstar people just aren't in a rush to go to the theaters anymore.

 

[Diondon]

I'll put $5 on a Rolex

 

[HollywoodP]

I'm sure he's got some crazy ass FP Journes

 

[010101]

..........*

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

I guess he never learned from previous lessons.

 

[OJ Simpsom]

His watches covered it. That tells you enough.

 

[Piff Perkins]

He got to finally make his dream film. That's all that matters. Not like him or his family will be begging on the streets.

 

[zerorequiem]

If his watches covered it then he's good.