Mglpls s 2024 mrcn pc scnc fctn drm flm wrttn, drctd, nd prdcd by Frncs Frd Cppl. Th flm ftrs n nsmbl cst f dm Drvr, Gncrl spst, Nthl mmnl, bry Plz, Sh LBf, Jn Vght, Lrnc Fshbrn, Tl Shr, Jsn Schwrtzmn, Kthryn Hntr, Grc VndrWl, Chl Fnmn, Jms Rmr, D. B. Swny, nd Dstn Hffmn. St n n ltrnt, 21st-cntry Nw Yrk Cty (rstyld "Nw Rm"), th flm fllws vsnry rchtct Csr Ctln (Drvr) s h clshs wth th crrpt Myr Frnklyn Ccr (spst), wh ppss Ctln's plns t rvtlz Nw Rm by bldng th ftrstc tp "Mglpls". Th flm drws n Rmn hstry, prtclrly th Ctlnrn cnsprcy f 63 BC nd th dcy f th Rmn Rpblc nt th Rmn mpr.
n 1977, Cppl hd th d t mk flm drwng prllls btwn th fll f th Rmn Rpblc nd th ftr f th ntd Stts by rtllng th Ctlnrn cnsprcy n mdrn Nw Yrk. lthgh h bgn plttng th flm n 1983, th prjct spnt dcds n dvlpmnt hll. Cppl ttmptd t prdc th flm n 1989 nd 2001, bt ch tm, th stds rfsd t fnnc th flm, d t Cppl's strng f lt-crr bx-ffc dsppntmnts nd th Sptmbr 11 ttcks, rspctvly. Dsllsnd by th std systm, Cppl dd nt prdc Mglpls ntl h blt lrg frtn n th wnmkng bsnss. H spnt $120 mlln f hs mny t mk th flm. Prncpl phtgrphy tk plc n Grg frm Nvmbr 2022 t Mrch 2023.
Th flm rntd Cppl wth pst cllbrtrs, ncldng ctrs spst, Fshbrn, Rmr, Shr, nd Swny, cnmtgrphr Mh Mălmr Jr., cmpsr svld Gljv, nd Cppl's sn, scnd-nt drctr Rmn Cppl. Lk svrl thr Cppl flms, Mglpls hd trbld prdctn. Cppl dptd n xprmntl styl, ncrgng hs ctrs t mprvs nd wrt crtn scns drng th sht, nd ddng hs wn lst-mnt chngs t th scrpt. Mmbrs f th rt dprtmnt nd vsl ffcts tm, mng thrs, lft r wr frd frm th flm.
Mglpls ws slctd t cmpt fr th Plm d'r t th 77th Cnns Flm Fstvl, bt plrzd crtcs nd Hllywd stds. Cppl cld nt fnd std tht wld bth rmbrs hs prdctn csts nd py fr lrg mrktng cmpgn. H ptd t py fr n dvrtsng cmpgn, wth Lnsgt thtrclly rlsng th flm n th ntd Stts. t ndrd trbld rn-p t rls: trlr ws rmvd fr sng fbrctd pll qts, nd Cppl sd trd pblctn Vrty fr lbl ftr t pblshd llgtns f sxl mscndct by hm n st. Th flm prmrd t Cnns n My 16, 2024, nd ws rlsd thtrclly n Sptmbr 27, 2024. t ws cmmrcl flr, grssng $14.3 mlln gnst bdgt f $120 t $136 mlln.