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Francis Ford Coppola Lauds Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’ as “The Ultimate True Vampire Story”

The praise coincides with reporting on a box‑office win plus a 25‑year rights reversion to Coogler.

Overview

  • Coppola posted an enthusiastic endorsement of Sinners, calling the film enormous, personal, epic and the ultimate true vampire story.
  • Rolling Stone highlights Sinners as an original blend of historical fiction, action and vampire horror that interrogates race, exploitation and Black music in America.
  • Rolling Stone reports that the film topped the box office and that Coogler negotiated for ownership to revert from Warner Bros. to him after 25 years.
  • No Film School notes that Coogler wrote an original script, re-teamed with Michael B. Jordan and sold the period-piece horror project to Warner Bros.
  • Complex reports the Instagram praise arrived months after the film’s April theatrical release, amplifying already strong critical attention.