Overview
- Reading International has booked simultaneous limited screenings of Megalopolis at its U.S. cinemas, including Village East in New York and venues in Hawaii, as the first step in a planned periodic theatrical run.
- Francis Ford Coppola will appear in a live-streamed Q&A moderated by his son Roman Coppola and will answer audience questions submitted by text before, during, and after the screenings.
- Each presentation will include a hard-copy director’s letter for attendees and the film’s previously selective 'Live Element,' both intended to recreate Coppola’s curated theatrical experience.
- Coppola personally financed the roughly $120 million project and has kept the film off domestic streaming services and U.S. DVD since its 2024 release, which drew polarizing critical response and about $14 million worldwide.
- The limited reissue, with recurring showings planned including New Year’s Day screenings, is designed to preserve the filmmaker’s preferred viewings and to give the film another chance to be reevaluated by theater audiences.