The trailer for the movie, which has already been mired in controversy, was released Wednesday morning.
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The latest trailer for Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis” is being abruptly recalled over its use of fake movie critic quotes, causing the movie’s distributor, Lionsgate, to apologize to Coppola and the cited critics—many of whom are well-known figures in the movie critic community.Key Facts
The trailer, released Wednesday, included disapproving quotes from reviews of highly revered movies such as “The Godfather, “Apocalypse Now” and “Bram Stoker’s Dracula”—all of which Coppola directed—in what appeared to be an attempt at promoting “Megalopolis” as a movie that could initially prove divisive among critics, but ultimately stand the test of time.
The quotes were fabricated and do not appear in any of the cited reviews, Variety reported, noting a review of “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” from its own film critic, Owen Gleiberman, was incorrectly cited and actually written while he worked for Entertainment Weekly.
