A quick look at film and TV highlights for fall ‘24

Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis” opens Sept. 27. Filmed in Atlanta from 2022 to 2023, with the city filling in for New York, it’s about an architect (Adam Driver) who sets out to rebuild the metropolis of New Rome after a disaster.

This is a pet project from the Hollywood Walk Hall of Fame director of “The Godfather” series — and he used more than $100 million of his own money to make it. The concept sounds intriguing and the cast is loaded, including Giancarlo Esposito, Aubrey Plaza, Jon Voight, Shia LaBeouf, Talia Shire and Jason Schwartzman.

Yet, the film’s reception from its Cannes appearance was divided. Some unflattering reports from the set have emerged as well, so it will be interesting to see if distributor Lionsgate can overcome that — particularly after its recent “Borderlands” tanked — and if Coppola’s devoted fan base will show up. — Jim Farmer

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Sanaa Lathan, left, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Uzo Aduba star as longtime friends in "The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat."

Decatur-born actor Kyanna Simone adds Georgia flair to screenwriter-director Tina Mabry’s “The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat,” now on Hulu. Based on Edward Kelsey Moore’s 2013 New York Times best-selling novel, the Searchlight Pictures film follows three friends nicknamed the Supremes who bond as teens and go through life together. Their perpetual hangout is a booth at a diner called Earl’s All You Can Eat in Plainview, Indiana.

The teen trio is played by Simone (Odette), Abigail Achiri (Clarice) and Tati Gabrielle (Barbara Jean), with Georgia actors Xavier Mills and Dijon Means cast as boyfriends. The adults, too, are played by an all-star cast: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (older Odette), Uzo Aduba (older Clarice) and Sanaa Lathan (older Barbara Jean), plus Mekhi Phifer, Julian McMahon, Russell Hornsby and Vondie Curtis-Hall.