Will Megalopolis’ Failure Be the Scapegoat for More Reboots and Lower-Quality Sci-Fi?

Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis” was meant to be a beacon of originality in a sea of sequels and reboots. Instead, its catastrophic failure at the box office threatens to become a convenient excuse for Hollywood to further retreat into the perceived safety of familiar franchises and lower-risk productions. But is this reasoning justified, or is …