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On August 21, Lionsgate released a new “Megalopolis” trailer.
It started with quotes from bad reviews of Coppola’s previous movies including “The Godfather,” in an apparent attempt to show how critics were wrong about his iconic films, and would eat their words with “Megalopolis,” too.
However, Vulture quickly discovered that some of these quotes were faked, and The Independent reported that one was taken from Roger Egbert’s review of 1989’s “Batman,” not of “Bram Stoker’s Dracula,” which Coppola directed in 1992.
Lionsgate pulled the trailer (although it can be still seen on YouTube).
Lionsgate said in a statement to Variety on Thursday: “Lionsgate is immediately recalling our trailer for ‘Megalopolis.’ We offer our sincere apologies to the critics involved and to Francis Ford Coppola and American Zoetrope for this inexcusable error in our vetting process. We screwed up. We are sorry.”
Lionsgate and Coppola’s representatives didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.