Aubrey Plaza to star in Francis Ford Coppola's 'Megalopolis'

The film, a passion project of Coppola, will begin production later this year

August 23, 2022 12:23 pm | Updated 12:33 pm IST

Aubrey Plaza

Aubrey Plaza | Photo Credit: Andy Kropa

Parks and Recreation star Aubrey Plaza is the latest addition to the ensemble cast of Francis Ford Coppola's upcoming film Megalopolis.

Plaza joins a cast that includes Adam Driver, Forest Whitaker, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jon Voight and Laurence Fishburne. The Godfather filmmaker is directing the independently financed film, his passion project, from his own script.

Coppola previously described Megalopolis as a contemporary drama in which "the fate of Rome haunts a modern world unable to solve its own social problems in this epic story of political ambition, genius and conflicted love".

According to Deadline, the film is mounted on a budget just south of USD 100 million, and will begin production later this year.

Plaza, who is garnering career-best reviews for her recent film Emily the Criminal, is also set to star in the second season of HBO's hit anthology series The White Lotus.

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