Francis Ford Coppola ‘thrilled to accept’ 6 Razzie noms for Megalopolis

Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis will not be receiving any awards at the Oscars this weekend, but Coppola is taking his bows anyway, in an Instagram post graciously accepting the movie’s nominations and awards from the 2025 Razzie Awards.

Megalopolis — a loose adaptation of an incident in Ancient Roman history, an autobiographical bid for the director’s own opinion of his legacy, and a sci-fi epic about an architect who can stop time — has been puzzling audiences and film distributors since it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. And it seems that the folks behind the Razzies feel similarly, nominating it for no less than six Razzie Awards: Worst Picture, Worst Director, Worst Screenplay, Worst Supporting Actor (dual nominations for Shia LeBeouf and John Voight), and Worst Screen Combo (for “The Entire Cast of Megalopolis”). It was only awarded Worst Director and Worst Supporting Actor (John Voight), however, being beaten in most of its other categories by Madame Web.

“I am thrilled to accept the Razzie award in so many important categories for @megalopolisfilm,” Coppola wrote on Instagram, “and for the distinctive honor of being nominated as the worst director, worst screenplay, and worst picture at a time when so few have the courage to go against the prevailing trends of contemporary moviemaking!”

It’s not exactly a surprising response, from a guy who released a trailer for Megalopolis that doubled as a roastfest for critics who’d panned his better-regarded films. May we all be as confident in our deeply personal creative bullshit as Coppola is in his — and may all our deeply personal, incredibly niche, long-gestating creative bullshit be received more like The Shape of Water.