‘Megalopolis’ trailer pulled offline, critics quotes were fake

[nutella_forever]

Lionsgate is pulling the latest trailer for ‘MEGALOPOLIS’ offline, as the quotes featured were revealed to be fabricated.

"We screwed up. We are sorry."

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- Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) August 21, 2024
Lionsgate is recalling the trailer for Francis Ford Coppola‘s “Megalopolis,” because it featured a

Comments

[theleveebroke]

If Coppola, LaBeouf, and Voight weren't enough to tank this film, maybe this bullshit will do the trick.

[__onthebound]

I didn't watch it yet. No this isn't fair

[ponyboy]

what a way to end a career.

[delfintaka]

This movie has bad press after bad press. This is the most laughable one, however. My guess is someone waited until last minute to pull the quotes, and then had to get them by any means possible.

[merci_beaucoup]

But what’s crazy is, as someone on Twitter pointed out, all they had to do was go to rotten tomatoes and sort by lowest review. That would've given them a huge selection. But instead they just… made it up?

[slinkydinks]

Never underestimate people's laziness and incompetence.

[holyfrijoles_2]

I saw someone say they might have been using ChatGPT to find bad reviews and it gave them these and no one checked their veracity. Unfortunately this seems very plausible.

[januarysix]

some intern is getting fired for Chatgpting their job