Francis Ford Coppola’s greatly anticipated film ‘Megalopolis’ debuted at the Cannes Film Festival this past weekend. 

The futuristic saga, set in post-apocalyptic America, follows an architect attempting to rebuild New York in utopian form. 

The film was shot at Trilith Studios in Fayetteville, Georgia, as well as various other locations around metro Atlanta, while also employing numerous film industry companies located in Georgia.

After Coppola’s 13-year hiatus, the 85-year-old director has generated a mix of anticipation and doubt among fans due to the project’s extensive development spanning over 40 years. 

The cast includes stars such as Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, Jason Schwartzman, Talia Shire, Grace VanderWaal, Laurence Fishburne, Kathryn Hunter, and Dustin Hoffman.

“It’s Francis Ford Coppola’s multi-decade passion project, and he self-financed it on the back of his wine business,” explained Stephen Brown, a writer at Silver Screen Capture. “He’s always been a renegade, from the very beginning when he did ‘The Godfather’ movies, ‘The Conversation’ and ‘Apocalypse Now’.”