Talk about weird.
The new poster for Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis” is either riffing on or ripping off a famous movie.
The only image is of Adam Driver holding an architect’s T square vertically.
But part of is lit up like a “Star Wars” light saber. May the farce be with you.
Driver, of course, starred as the villain Kylo Ren in the final three “Star Wars” movies. He’s best known for killing his father, the hero Han Solo, something most fans prefer not to think about.
It’s unclear how many people actually know what a T square is at this point. But they know a light saber.
Is it an inside joke — Coppola and “Star Wars” director George Lucas are old friends — or is it an actual rip off?
Of course, there’s another option — that the object is a lamp, lit up, but with a long base.
“Megalopolis” opens September 27th. It might play at the Telluride Film Festival. Advance reviews are mixed to negative. Coppola couldn’t get a distributor, so Lions Gate is doing the work although it’s like Coppola didn’t get any money from them.
