LOS ANGELES (CN) — Hollywood magazine Variety asked the California Courts of Appeal on Wednesday to overrule the trial court and dismiss a defamation lawsuit brought by acclaimed film director Francis Ford Coppola over a news story about his 2024 movie, “Megalopolis.”
The 87-year-old Coppola, who directed the first two Godfather movies and Apocalypse Now, is believed to have spent around $120 million to finance his latest movie, which made back less than $15 million at the box office — a disastrous commercial failure. Months before its premier, the Guardian ran a lengthy story about the movie’s long and troubled production. The story included anecdotes about Coppola’s strange behavior, including one in which the filmmaker “came on to the set and tried to kiss some of the topless and scantily clad female extras. He apparently claimed he was ’trying to get them in the mood.’”
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