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A series about the making of The Godfather is in the works!
ViacomCBS’s new streaming service Paramount+ has announced the new series The Offer, which is based on Oscar-winning producer Al Ruddy’s experience while making the hit movie, Deadline reports.
Al worked closely with director Francis Ford Coppola along with Bob Evans and Mario Puzo on making the 1972 movie.
The 10-part series, produced by Paramount Television Studios, is written and exec produced by Michael Tolkin. Al will also serve
Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: We can tell you first that model and skateboarder Evan Mock has been cast as a series regular in HBO Max’s upcoming reimagination of Gossip Girl.
Oscar Isaac and Jake Gyllenhaal are set to star in a film focusing on the making of The Godfather.The actors will portray Francis Ford Coppola, the director of the 1972 classic, and Robert Evans, who produced the crime drama, respectively.Directed by Barry Levinson, the big screen venture will chronicle the behind-the-scenes drama, which prompted Coppola to clash with studio bosses at Paramount.“Out of the madness of production, and against all odds, a classic film happened,” Levinson said in a
Oscar Isaac is set to play director Francis Ford Coppola, while Jake Gyllenhaal will play former Paramount studio head Robert Evans in a movie about the making of Coppola's seminal feature The Godfather. Barry Levinson will directFrancis and The Godfather, which is based on a Black List script by Andrew Farotte that was redeveloped with Levinson.
according to Deadline.The film, “Francis and the Godfather,” centers on director Francis Ford Coppola as he creates the iconic 1972 film. Isaac, 41, will play Coppola, while Gyllenhaal, 39, will play producer Robert Evans.Evans and Coppola clashed behind the scenes of the mobster flick, in part over the film location and the casting of Marlon Brando as mob boss Vito Corleone and Al Pacino as his son Michael.
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Just two weeks ago, it was announced that Paramount+ (formerly known as CBS All Access) was producing a new drama series about the behind-the-scenes work that went into making “The Godfather.” Film fans were left scratching their heads, as it seemed like such an odd choice for a series.
Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsEXCLUSIVE: Arthur E. Friedman and Steven Jay Rubin are developing a limited series that will explore the life of actor, Congressional Medal of Honor winner and World War II hero Audie Murphy.Friedman (Price of Glory, Beyond the Sea) and Rubin (Bleacher Bums, Silent Night) have acquired rights to the 1959 Murphy biography No Name on the Bullet, written by Don Graham.
Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, DC veteran scribe Grainne Godfree (Legends of Tomorrow) has been tapped to write and executive produce a TV series based on Jennifer Lynn Barnes’ recently released YA novel, the first in a two-book series, which is in development at Amazon. The project hails from Sony Pictures TV and Josh Berman’s studio-based Osprey Productions, which landed the rights to the books in a competitive situation.
Peter White Television EditorParamount Network is set to rebrand to the Paramount Movie Network as it plots a focus on television movies.The move is the latest change at ViacomCBS following the merger and comes after the company revealed that its upcoming streaming service is to be called Paramount+.As part of the move, the network has cancelled a slew of non-scripted titles including Ink Master, Wife Swap and Battle of the Fittest Couples, while other titles including Bar Rescue and Lip Sync
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A drama about the making of The Godfather is in the works, it has been confirmed.
As we recently talked about with the unfortunate prequel series, “Ratched,” there are certain characters and films that don’t need to be explored further. Some who read this website would say that most films and iconic characters don’t need sequels or prequels, but I digress.
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Peter White Television EditorViacomCBS’s new streaming service Paramount+ will feature a limited drama about the making of The Godfather and a spy thriller from Yellowstone co-creator Taylor Sheridan.Elsewhere, a new reboot of BET’s The Game is in development, it is reviving VH1’s classic rock-doc strand Behind The Music and ordered a true crime documentary spin-off of Criminal Minds.The Offer is based on Oscar-winning producer Al Ruddy’s never-revealed experiences of making The Godfather.
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