Francis Ford Coppola denies report his new film set is ‘chaos’

Film-maker disputes article claiming his self-financed film Megalopolis has descended into madness', saying: I'm so happy'

Francis Ford Coppola has denied allegations in the Hollywood Reporter that the set of his ambitious new film Megalopolis has descended into chaos.

On Monday, a report claimed that the director of Apocalypse Now was struggling to maintain control over his new film, a self-financed passion project with a budget north of $100m. The article used multiple unnamed sources who alleged that the set was absolute madness" with high staff turnover, an escalating budget and visual effects issues. A production source was quoted as saying: It's unclear whether the production can go forward as planned."