Megalopolis: An Original Graphic Novel Adapts 2024's Most Divisive Film

It's just to accidental that Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopis was 1 of the astir divisive pieces of popular civilization released successful 2024. IGN's Megalopolis reappraisal was beauteous affirmative connected Coppola's ambitious epic, but galore reviews were acold little kind. But, emotion it oregon hatred it, Coppola fans present person the accidental to acquisition this communicative successful a full caller mean acknowledgment to Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis: An Original Graphic Novel.

With Megalopolis: An Original Graphic Novel successful stores now, IGN tin exclusively debut a caller preview of the book. Check it retired successful the slideshow assemblage below:

Megalopolis is adapted from Coppola's screenplay and is written by Chris Ryall (Zombies vs. Robots) and illustrated by Jacob Phillips (That Texas Blood). The publication is published by Abrams ComicArts. Here's the authoritative statement of the graphic novel:

Set successful the futuristic metropolis of New Rome, Megalopolis primitively captivated audiences with its masterful filmmaking, becoming 1 of Francis Ford Coppola's astir wide discussed films. Now, successful graphic caller form, it explores the gripping communicative of idealism versus corruption. Architect and dreamer Cesar Catilina seeks a utopian future, portion Mayor Franklyn Cicero fights to sphere the presumption quo—rife with greed and governmental warfare. Caught betwixt these almighty forces is Julia Cicero, the mayor’s daughter, whose romance with Cesar tests her loyalty and compels her to redefine her beliefs astir what humanity genuinely deserves. The film, which features an all-star formed including Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne, and Aubrey Plaza, made its satellite premiere past twelvemonth to a 10-minute lasting ovation astatine the prestigious Cannes Film Festival and was released theatrically and successful IMAX globally connected September 27, 2024.

"The 'Cloud Tower' series atop the Chrysler Building had been 1 of the cardinal acceptable pieces since the earliest days of Coppola’s improvement of Megalopolis. Going backmost decades," Ryall tells IGN astir the supra preview. "And it’s a precise effectual country successful the film, with Cesar precariously perched connected the borderline of the gathering arsenic the upwind whips clouds each around. And then, we’re not rather definite however helium does it but Catalina commands clip to STOP. And it does. The clouds frost successful the sky; the cars and pedestrians acold beneath likewise stop."

Ryall continues, "Which is each good and good… but however bash you amusement that successful static panels connected a level comic publication page? Without the quality to frost connected a framework oregon usage dependable oregon moving images successful a unsocial mode to convey this, we had to find different mode to halt clip – luckily, that’s fundamentally what an creator does, is halt time. In this case, we played with color, flattening the colors connected the leafage to their basics, the satellite successful each its rich, colorful fullness stopping each astir Cesar. But adjacent amidst the flatness of the scene, it’s the dialog that gives it color. Cesar archetypal utters the enactment that helium repeats successful aggregate sequences, the operation that fundamentally dictates his attack to the world: 'I volition not fto clip person dominion implicit my soul.'”

Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis: An Original Graphic Novel is disposable successful bookstores and comic shops now. You tin bid a transcript connected Amazon.

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