By Filmmaking legend Francis Ford Coppola has revealed details about his next film following this year’s release of his much-discussed passion project “Megalopolis”.
In an interview with The Washington Post, Coppola says he’s planning on moving to London to begin work on the feature titled “Glimpses of the Moon”.
Coppola dubs it a “1930s-style strange musical” and confirms it’s based on the 1922 Edith Wharton novel of the same name.
The comedy of errors follows the romantic misadventures of Nick Lansing and Susy Branch, a couple with the good connections but little money who devise a plan to marry and spend a year sponging off their wealthy friends.
In addition, if either one of them meets someone who can advance them socially, they’re free to dissolve the marriage. The book has often been compared to Wharton’s more famous work “The House of Mirth”.
It’s not clear how closely the movie will stick to the book. A silent film adaptation was previously made in 1923 but has been lost to time.
Coppola also still hopes to make his “Distant Vision” movie based on Thomas Mann’s 1901 novel “Buddenbrooks”. That follows three generations of an Italian family and centers around the invention of the television.
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