Francis Ford Coppola says he 'couldn't care less' about money as he drops $120 million on new film

• Francis Ford Coppola has said he "couldn't care less" if his upcoming passion project flops.
• "The Godfather" director has invested $120 million of his own money into "Megalopolis".

Francis Ford Coppola said he "couldn't care less about the financial impact" if his upcoming passion project, "Megalopolis", is a box office failure even though he's putting up millions in funding himself.

Speaking to GQ about the project, "The Godfather" director said, "I know that Megalopolis, the more personal I make it, and the more like a dream in me that I do it, the harder it will be to finance."

Coppola began writing "Megalopolis" in the 1980s and its plot remains unknown. GQ described it as "a love story that is also a philosophical investigation of the nature of man."

When asked by GQ about the plot, Coppola said, "The premise of 'Megalopolis?' Well, it's basically… I would ask you a question, first of all: Do you know much about utopia?"

In order to fund "Megalopolis" Coppola sold a share of his wine empire and, asked if he was worried whether "Megalopolis" would flop like Coppola's previous financial failure, "One From the Heart," the director said: "I couldn't care less about the financial impact whatsoever. It means nothing to me.

"If I'm going to invest $120 million of my own money — which I've already done basically, I have it there, waiting to be written to make it — I want it to have a good result for humanity," he continued.

"It's not as if $120 million is the extent of what I have. I have bequeathed much to all my children. And then they themselves, the greatest thing I bequeathed to my children is their know-how and their talent. [My kids are] not going to have a problem. They're all very capable. And they have Inglenook [the family winery], where we are. There's no debt on this place. None."

Deadline previously reported that Coppola was discussing roles in "Megalopolis" with Oscar Isaac, Forest Whitaker, Cate Blanchett, and Jon Voight.