Francis Ford Coppola's "The Conversation" is his masterpiece in between masterpieces. The legendary filmmaker wrapped principal photography in late February 1973, just one month before he would win the Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay Oscars for "The Godfather" (Albert Ruddy took home the Best Picture Oscar as the mafia classic's producer). Had Paramount released the film that year, it almost certainly would've received nominations for Best Picture and Director (over the wholly forgotten "A Touch of Class"), giving Coppola three consecutive nods in the latter category, a feat only accomplished once in Academy Awards history (by William Wyler). Instead, he wound up competing against himself a year later, when he added three more Oscars to his trophy case with "The Godfather Part II."
While "The Godfather" movies placed him atop Hollywood's director A-list for the rest of the decade, some cinephiles believe "The Conversation" is the superior film. The...
While "The Godfather" movies placed him atop Hollywood's director A-list for the rest of the decade, some cinephiles believe "The Conversation" is the superior film. The...
- 3/24/2024
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Amidst the acclaim that The Godfather received from all fronts, there was one influential critic of the movie — Frank Sinatra. The beef between Sinatra and the film began even before the start of filming. The singer and actor believed that one character in Mario Puzo’s novel, that of Johnny Fontaine, was modeled after him. On one occasion, Sinatra had a heated confrontation about this with Puzo where he threatened the author.
Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone in The Godfather
However, his threats on another occasion did not seem to bother singer Al Martino, who played the brief role of Johnny Fontaine in the film. In the end, all the efforts of Frank Sinatra to ruin The Godfather became futile as the movie became the biggest hit in Hollywood upon release.
Frank Sinatra Failed To Threaten One Actor Away From The Godfather Role
Guys and Dolls actor Frank Sinatra failed...
Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone in The Godfather
However, his threats on another occasion did not seem to bother singer Al Martino, who played the brief role of Johnny Fontaine in the film. In the end, all the efforts of Frank Sinatra to ruin The Godfather became futile as the movie became the biggest hit in Hollywood upon release.
Frank Sinatra Failed To Threaten One Actor Away From The Godfather Role
Guys and Dolls actor Frank Sinatra failed...
- 3/15/2024
- by Hashim Asraff
- FandomWire
“Maestro” brought together three filmmakers — the sophomore director Bradley Cooper and the screen masters Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese — as producers. “Maestro” chronicles the marriage of famed composer Leonard Bernstein (Cooper) and his muse Felicia Montealegre (Carey Mulligan). You can catch this acclaimed films in cinemas before it starts streaming on Netflix on Dec. 20. Either way, you’re in for a treat.
While Scorsese has his own film, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” in contention for this year’s Oscars, Spielberg is also a producer on the musical remake of “The Color Purple.” (This fact was omitted in the original version of this article due to an editing error.) He is one of the most successful filmmakers of all time and has an Oscars track record to prove it. He’s won two of his nine bids for Best Director: in 1994 for “Schindler’s List” and 1999 for “Saving Private Ryan.” While...
While Scorsese has his own film, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” in contention for this year’s Oscars, Spielberg is also a producer on the musical remake of “The Color Purple.” (This fact was omitted in the original version of this article due to an editing error.) He is one of the most successful filmmakers of all time and has an Oscars track record to prove it. He’s won two of his nine bids for Best Director: in 1994 for “Schindler’s List” and 1999 for “Saving Private Ryan.” While...
- 11/28/2023
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: The Longest Yard is getting another set of downs.
Deadline hears that another remake of the film, which originally starred Burt Reynolds in 1974 and was remade starring Adam Sandler in 2005, is in the works at Paramount Pictures. Rodney Barnes, who was an exec producer and writer on HBO’s Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, is writing.
It comes from Gunpowder & Sky, whose CEO Van Toffler was an exec producer on the 2005 version when he worked at then-MTV owner Viacom. Toffler is producing with former MTV Films boss David Gale, who reunited with Toffler at Gunpowder & Sky and who also exec produced the Sandler version.
The Longest Yard is a prison sports comedy film.
‘The Longest Yard,’ 1974
The 1974 original was based on a story by Al Ruddy, directed by Robert Aldrich and written by Tracy Keenan Wynn. It starred Reynolds as Paul “Wrecking” Crewe, a...
Deadline hears that another remake of the film, which originally starred Burt Reynolds in 1974 and was remade starring Adam Sandler in 2005, is in the works at Paramount Pictures. Rodney Barnes, who was an exec producer and writer on HBO’s Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, is writing.
It comes from Gunpowder & Sky, whose CEO Van Toffler was an exec producer on the 2005 version when he worked at then-MTV owner Viacom. Toffler is producing with former MTV Films boss David Gale, who reunited with Toffler at Gunpowder & Sky and who also exec produced the Sandler version.
The Longest Yard is a prison sports comedy film.
‘The Longest Yard,’ 1974
The 1974 original was based on a story by Al Ruddy, directed by Robert Aldrich and written by Tracy Keenan Wynn. It starred Reynolds as Paul “Wrecking” Crewe, a...
- 11/6/2023
- by Peter White and Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
CBS is unlikely to be uttering the words “thank you Chuck Norris” anytime soon after handing over some Walker, Texas Ranger dough to the octogenarian action star.
More than five years after Norris sued the network and the studio for more than $30 million over profits from the eight seasons-plus of the procedural, lawyers and spokespeople for both sides say “the parties have resolved the dispute.”
CBS and Norris’ attorney John V. Berlinski are being as tight-lipped about the confidential settlement as the laconic Sergeant Cordell Walker himself, Norris pocketed a healthy sum in the end, I hear.
Sony Pictures TV was originally a defendant in the January 31, 2018-filed breach-of-contract lawsuit, but the studio was dismissed from the matter last year.
Litigated though the darkest days of the pandemic and with arbitration, the initial complaint from Norris’ Top Kick Productions alleged that Sony and CBS engaged in “self-dealing” that “cost Top...
More than five years after Norris sued the network and the studio for more than $30 million over profits from the eight seasons-plus of the procedural, lawyers and spokespeople for both sides say “the parties have resolved the dispute.”
CBS and Norris’ attorney John V. Berlinski are being as tight-lipped about the confidential settlement as the laconic Sergeant Cordell Walker himself, Norris pocketed a healthy sum in the end, I hear.
Sony Pictures TV was originally a defendant in the January 31, 2018-filed breach-of-contract lawsuit, but the studio was dismissed from the matter last year.
Litigated though the darkest days of the pandemic and with arbitration, the initial complaint from Norris’ Top Kick Productions alleged that Sony and CBS engaged in “self-dealing” that “cost Top...
- 7/25/2023
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Though details about the film are still cloaked in a black, interplanetary goo, there’s word from the Sony camp that Juno Temple will star opposite Tom Hardy in the third installment of the slightly deranged McU-adjacent “Spider-Man”-related trilogy. Michelle Williams was the romantic lead, Anne Weying, in the first two, which concluded with Hardy’s Eddie Brock/Venom and going their separate ways. It is unclear who the 33-year-old London-born Temple will be playing in the new installment, but Deadline reported her involvement.
Also, the new chapter in the “Venom” story will be Kelly Marcel’s feature directing debut. Marcel co-wrote the first “Venom” with Scott Rosenberg and Jeff Pinker for director Ruben Fleischer in 2018, and the slightly unhinged superhero pic went on to gross over $850 million worldwide. Marcel was the lone credited screenwriter on the sequel, “Venom: Let There Be Carnage,” directed by Andy Serkis, which went...
Also, the new chapter in the “Venom” story will be Kelly Marcel’s feature directing debut. Marcel co-wrote the first “Venom” with Scott Rosenberg and Jeff Pinker for director Ruben Fleischer in 2018, and the slightly unhinged superhero pic went on to gross over $850 million worldwide. Marcel was the lone credited screenwriter on the sequel, “Venom: Let There Be Carnage,” directed by Andy Serkis, which went...
- 4/21/2023
- by Jordan Hoffman
- Gold Derby
Francis Ford Coppola achieved cinema perfection with The Godfather… and two years later, he did it again with The Godfather Part II. The two films remain some of the very best movies of all time, but much like Alien and Aliens, you might have a favourite. As for Al Pacino, The Godfather star clearly prefers the first movie.
Al Pacino recently sat down with David Rubenstein at the 92nd Street Y, New York for the People Who Inspire Us series. When Rubenstein asked Pacino if he thought The Godfather Part II was superior to the first movie, the actor replied, “No, I don’t. I really think it’s more — what would you call it — artistic or something, I don’t know. I don’t mean to play it down and be overly modest because I star in it with Bob de Niro, but at the same time, it’s a different film.
Al Pacino recently sat down with David Rubenstein at the 92nd Street Y, New York for the People Who Inspire Us series. When Rubenstein asked Pacino if he thought The Godfather Part II was superior to the first movie, the actor replied, “No, I don’t. I really think it’s more — what would you call it — artistic or something, I don’t know. I don’t mean to play it down and be overly modest because I star in it with Bob de Niro, but at the same time, it’s a different film.
- 4/20/2023
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
"The Offer" is the new biographical drama TV miniseries following the development, production and underworld interference in director Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 feature "The Godfather", from the Pov of producer Al Ruddy, now streaming on Paramount+:
Cast includes Miles Teller as 'Albert S. Ruddy', Matthew Goode as 'Robert Evans', Giovanni Ribisi as 'Joe Colombo', Colin Hanks as 'Barry Lapidus', Dan Fogler as 'Francis Ford Coppola', Juno Temple as 'Bettye McCartt', Burn Gorman as 'Charles Bluhdorn', Justin Chambers as 'Marlon Brando', Patrick Gallo as 'Mario Puzo', Josh Zuckerman as 'Peter Bart', Meredith Garretson as 'Ali MacGraw', Nora Arnezeder as 'Francoise Glazer', Paul McCrane as 'Jack Ballard', Anthony Skordi as 'Carlo Gambino'...
...Jake Cannavale as 'Caesar', James Madio as 'Gino', Michael Rispoli as 'Tommy Lucchese', Stephanie Koenig as 'Andrea Eastman',...
Cast includes Miles Teller as 'Albert S. Ruddy', Matthew Goode as 'Robert Evans', Giovanni Ribisi as 'Joe Colombo', Colin Hanks as 'Barry Lapidus', Dan Fogler as 'Francis Ford Coppola', Juno Temple as 'Bettye McCartt', Burn Gorman as 'Charles Bluhdorn', Justin Chambers as 'Marlon Brando', Patrick Gallo as 'Mario Puzo', Josh Zuckerman as 'Peter Bart', Meredith Garretson as 'Ali MacGraw', Nora Arnezeder as 'Francoise Glazer', Paul McCrane as 'Jack Ballard', Anthony Skordi as 'Carlo Gambino'...
...Jake Cannavale as 'Caesar', James Madio as 'Gino', Michael Rispoli as 'Tommy Lucchese', Stephanie Koenig as 'Andrea Eastman',...
- 12/9/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Gray Frederickson, who was part of the Oscar-winning production team for Francis Ford Coppola’s “Apocalypse Now” and “The Godfather Part II,” died Nov. 20 of prostate cancer in Oklahoma City, Okla. He was 85.
Frederickson had been called as “the Godfather of Oklahoma film” for his efforts to boost filmmaking in his home state.
“Gray is one of the most accomplished people to have ever come from our city,” Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt told The Oklahoman.
Frederickson left Oklahoma to attend the University of Lausanne in Switzerland, then started his career in Rome as producer of “Natika” in 1963. He joined Sergio Leone’s “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” as production manager, where he met Clint Eastwood, who would become a longtime friend.
He met producer Albert S. Ruddy on the Robert Redford film “Little Fauss and Big Halsy,” which led to him coming aboard “The Godfather” as associate producer.
Frederickson had been called as “the Godfather of Oklahoma film” for his efforts to boost filmmaking in his home state.
“Gray is one of the most accomplished people to have ever come from our city,” Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt told The Oklahoman.
Frederickson left Oklahoma to attend the University of Lausanne in Switzerland, then started his career in Rome as producer of “Natika” in 1963. He joined Sergio Leone’s “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” as production manager, where he met Clint Eastwood, who would become a longtime friend.
He met producer Albert S. Ruddy on the Robert Redford film “Little Fauss and Big Halsy,” which led to him coming aboard “The Godfather” as associate producer.
- 11/21/2022
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
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Gray Frederickson, the Oscar-winning producer who worked alongside Francis Ford Coppola on the Godfather trilogy, Apocalypse Now and One From the Heart in a collaboration that spanned more than four decades, has died. He was 85.
Frederickson died Sunday at his home in Oklahoma City after a battle with prostate cancer, his wife, Karen, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Frederickson shared the best picture Oscar in 1975 with writer-director-producer Coppola and producer Fred Roos for The Godfather Part II — the first of just two sequels to take the big prize — and the trio (and Tom Sternberg) were nominated again for Apocalypse Now (1979).
“I got on a winning horse. I was with Francis Coppola, who’s no slouch. I was lucky enough to be carried along with him,” Frederickson told The Oklahoman in a 2021 interview. “I got lucky with him, but he says he got lucky with me.
Gray Frederickson, the Oscar-winning producer who worked alongside Francis Ford Coppola on the Godfather trilogy, Apocalypse Now and One From the Heart in a collaboration that spanned more than four decades, has died. He was 85.
Frederickson died Sunday at his home in Oklahoma City after a battle with prostate cancer, his wife, Karen, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Frederickson shared the best picture Oscar in 1975 with writer-director-producer Coppola and producer Fred Roos for The Godfather Part II — the first of just two sequels to take the big prize — and the trio (and Tom Sternberg) were nominated again for Apocalypse Now (1979).
“I got on a winning horse. I was with Francis Coppola, who’s no slouch. I was lucky enough to be carried along with him,” Frederickson told The Oklahoman in a 2021 interview. “I got lucky with him, but he says he got lucky with me.
- 11/21/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Los Angeles, Nov. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The eighth annual Asian World Film Festival (Awff) announced its competition winners at a star-studded event November 18 at Beverly Hill’s Saban Theater. The Last Film Show (India), directed by Pan Nalin, won the Snow Leopard Award for Best Film; Mohsen Tanabandeh garnered the Snow Leopard for Best Actor for World War III (Iran), and Hui Fang Hong was honored with the Snow Leopard for Best Actress for Ajoomma (Singapore).
Asian World Film Festival (Awff)
The Snow Leopard Special Jury Award went to World War III, directed by Houman Seyedi, and the Snow Leopard Audience Award to Aurora’s Sunrise (Armenia), directed by Inna Sahakyan. Kerr (Turkey) director of photography, Andreas Sinanos, received the Panavision Best Cinematography Award along with a 60,000 Panavision Camera Grant of cutting-edge filmmaking equipment.
Short films and the talent behind them were also recognized at the standing-room-only event. The Hollywood Foreign Press...
Asian World Film Festival (Awff)
The Snow Leopard Special Jury Award went to World War III, directed by Houman Seyedi, and the Snow Leopard Audience Award to Aurora’s Sunrise (Armenia), directed by Inna Sahakyan. Kerr (Turkey) director of photography, Andreas Sinanos, received the Panavision Best Cinematography Award along with a 60,000 Panavision Camera Grant of cutting-edge filmmaking equipment.
Short films and the talent behind them were also recognized at the standing-room-only event. The Hollywood Foreign Press...
- 11/21/2022
- by Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Gray Frederickson, an Oscar-winning co-ep on The Godfather films and Apocalypse Now who was one of the busiest and most respected producers and production executives of the 1960s through the ‘80s, died November 20 of prostate cancer in Oklahoma City. He was 85. His wife, Karen, confirmed his death.
Born in Oklahoma, Frederickson moved to Hollywood in the early ‘60s and quickly acquired expertise as a line producer. He produced the 1971 comedy Making It at 20th Century Fox and joined with Al Ruddy to produce Little Fauss and Big Halsy (1970) with Robert Redford at Paramount.
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Becoming a trusted adviser to Francis Ford Coppola, Frederickson was a co-executive producer on The Godfather, The Godfather Part II — sharing a Best Picture Oscar for the sequel — and Apocalypse Now,...
Born in Oklahoma, Frederickson moved to Hollywood in the early ‘60s and quickly acquired expertise as a line producer. He produced the 1971 comedy Making It at 20th Century Fox and joined with Al Ruddy to produce Little Fauss and Big Halsy (1970) with Robert Redford at Paramount.
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Becoming a trusted adviser to Francis Ford Coppola, Frederickson was a co-executive producer on The Godfather, The Godfather Part II — sharing a Best Picture Oscar for the sequel — and Apocalypse Now,...
- 11/21/2022
- by Peter Bart
- Deadline Film + TV
“Last Film Show” (aka “Chhello Show”), India’s Oscar contender, was this weekend named winner of the Asian World Film Festival in Los Angeles.
Writer-director Pan Nalin and producer Dheer Momaya were presented with the Snow Leopard trophy at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills.
“The best movie encompasses everything we want to see in a great film: good storytelling, moving performances, technically appealing, visually intoxicating and heartfelt connectivity to audiences. We received a line of very good movies this year and it was a tough decision. But this film reminded us of why we loved cinema. It reminded us of cinema’s ability to both enchant and inspire. It is a love letter to cinema to light and to life itself,” said festival jurors Janet Nepales and Pitof Jean-Christophe.
The film has been on the festival circuit for over a year, since debuting in in June 2021 at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Writer-director Pan Nalin and producer Dheer Momaya were presented with the Snow Leopard trophy at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills.
“The best movie encompasses everything we want to see in a great film: good storytelling, moving performances, technically appealing, visually intoxicating and heartfelt connectivity to audiences. We received a line of very good movies this year and it was a tough decision. But this film reminded us of why we loved cinema. It reminded us of cinema’s ability to both enchant and inspire. It is a love letter to cinema to light and to life itself,” said festival jurors Janet Nepales and Pitof Jean-Christophe.
The film has been on the festival circuit for over a year, since debuting in in June 2021 at the Tribeca Film Festival.
- 11/21/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Conservative media firm The Daily Wire has optioned exclusive film and TV series rights to develop and produce an adaptation of Ayn Rand’s dystopian 1957 novel Atlas Shrugged, the author’s most heralded work.
The company is planning to produce a series adaptation for distribution on its streaming platform, Dailywire+. Daily Wire co-ceo Jeremy Boreing just announced the deal in a livestreamed town hall address.
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Atlas Shrugged, which has sold more than 7 million copies worldwide, depicts a dystopian United States in which private businesses suffer under increasingly burdensome laws and regulations.
The company is planning to produce a series adaptation for distribution on its streaming platform, Dailywire+. Daily Wire co-ceo Jeremy Boreing just announced the deal in a livestreamed town hall address.
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Atlas Shrugged, which has sold more than 7 million copies worldwide, depicts a dystopian United States in which private businesses suffer under increasingly burdensome laws and regulations.
- 11/17/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Showtime's "The Offer" chronicled the true story of how "The Godfather" made the unlikely leap from Mario Puzo's bestseller to a sweeping family epic that reinvented the crime genre and went on to win three Oscars. Centered around the day-to-day dealings and improbable situations that producer Albert Ruddy (Miles Teller) had to navigate to get Francis Ford Coppola's classic made, "The Offer" also highlights the glamorous and tumultuous life of legendary producer Robert Evans (Matthew Goode), the man responsible for helping Paramount Pictures become a major Hollywood player after taking a big risk on the romantic drama "Love Story" starring Ryan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw.
MacGraw and Evans married each other in 1969, a year before "Love Story" became a smash hit, sending MacGraw's star soaring. She went on to accept an unlikely role opposite Steve McQueen in "The Getaway," the Sam Peckinpah-directed high-flying heist movie written by Walter Hill.
MacGraw and Evans married each other in 1969, a year before "Love Story" became a smash hit, sending MacGraw's star soaring. She went on to accept an unlikely role opposite Steve McQueen in "The Getaway," the Sam Peckinpah-directed high-flying heist movie written by Walter Hill.
- 11/16/2022
- by Drew Tinnin
- Slash Film
This year’s Asian World Film Festival will again showcase the very best of Asian cinema, all in an effort to draw greater recognition to the region’s wealth of filmmakers and talent while strengthening ties between the film industries of Hollywood and the continent.
During the pandemic, the 2020 edition was delayed to spring 2021. The festival will highlight pictures from more than 50 countries across Asia. It is unique in that it predominantly screens works that have been submitted to the Oscars and Golden Globes for international feature film and motion picture — non-English language, respectively.
“We started Awff in 2018, and we’re very proud of what we’ve achieved,” says executive and program director Georges Chamchoum, who co-founded the event with Sadyk Sher Niyaz, the former minister of culture of Kyrgyzstan, and Asel Sherniyazova and Brett Syson. “It’s a real passion for me, and our goal is to put a...
During the pandemic, the 2020 edition was delayed to spring 2021. The festival will highlight pictures from more than 50 countries across Asia. It is unique in that it predominantly screens works that have been submitted to the Oscars and Golden Globes for international feature film and motion picture — non-English language, respectively.
“We started Awff in 2018, and we’re very proud of what we’ve achieved,” says executive and program director Georges Chamchoum, who co-founded the event with Sadyk Sher Niyaz, the former minister of culture of Kyrgyzstan, and Asel Sherniyazova and Brett Syson. “It’s a real passion for me, and our goal is to put a...
- 11/9/2022
- by Nick Clement
- Variety Film + TV
Miles Teller’s maiden SNL monologue was largely one of self-deprecation.
“I know they like when you do impressions and play different celebrities, and I wanted to come prepared,” Teller began. “So I asked my friends what celebrity I look like, and I was thinking a young DeNiro, maybe a Paul Newman. And they were like, ‘Nope! Rachel Maddow.'”
Teller’s debut on the late night show saw the Top Gun: Maverick star reference the blockbuster Joseph Kosinski-directed sequel, which passed the 700 million threshold at the North American...
“I know they like when you do impressions and play different celebrities, and I wanted to come prepared,” Teller began. “So I asked my friends what celebrity I look like, and I was thinking a young DeNiro, maybe a Paul Newman. And they were like, ‘Nope! Rachel Maddow.'”
Teller’s debut on the late night show saw the Top Gun: Maverick star reference the blockbuster Joseph Kosinski-directed sequel, which passed the 700 million threshold at the North American...
- 10/2/2022
- by William Vaillancourt
- Rollingstone.com
Oscar winner Roberto Benigni is attached to Paramount+ original Francesco Il Cantico, as the global streamer prepares to launch in Italy tomorrow with more than 8,000 hours of content.
Benigni will front the show, which is billed as “an immersive reading of one of the most iconic texts dedicated to love.” Its announcement came at a star-studded blue carpet event at the iconic Cinecittà Studios in Rome this evening, with Paramount+ still gathering pace following launches in countries such as the UK and South Korea.
Further production details of Francesco Il Cantico are understood to be following at a later date.
Also unveiled on the evening was a new season of comedy Vita Da Carlo, in which comedian and actor Carlo Verdone plays himself, revealing his difficult relationship with Italy’s capital Rome. Verdone also directs the show, which bills its plot as “showing the frugal private life of a man...
Benigni will front the show, which is billed as “an immersive reading of one of the most iconic texts dedicated to love.” Its announcement came at a star-studded blue carpet event at the iconic Cinecittà Studios in Rome this evening, with Paramount+ still gathering pace following launches in countries such as the UK and South Korea.
Further production details of Francesco Il Cantico are understood to be following at a later date.
Also unveiled on the evening was a new season of comedy Vita Da Carlo, in which comedian and actor Carlo Verdone plays himself, revealing his difficult relationship with Italy’s capital Rome. Verdone also directs the show, which bills its plot as “showing the frugal private life of a man...
- 9/14/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
This article is sponsored by Bob Steaming Club.
With so many television services to choose from, Bob Streaming Club manages to boil things down to the three essential picks based on what’s hot in a particular month. For July of 2022, they’ve selected Paramount+, Peacock Premium, and Netflix based on what they think viewers will want to see. For just under thirty bucks a month, Bob manages your subscriptions, canceling and renewing as needed to get the “best of the best” programming when it arrives.
Paramount+
Paramount+ has a lot to offer beyond Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, which just wrapped up a stellar first season on the streaming service. Fans of the original series have taken a particular liking to this prequel, which features Captain Pike, the commanding officer of the U.S.S. Enterprise before James Tiberius Kirk came around. But while Star Trek may be your gateway show to the service,...
With so many television services to choose from, Bob Streaming Club manages to boil things down to the three essential picks based on what’s hot in a particular month. For July of 2022, they’ve selected Paramount+, Peacock Premium, and Netflix based on what they think viewers will want to see. For just under thirty bucks a month, Bob manages your subscriptions, canceling and renewing as needed to get the “best of the best” programming when it arrives.
Paramount+
Paramount+ has a lot to offer beyond Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, which just wrapped up a stellar first season on the streaming service. Fans of the original series have taken a particular liking to this prequel, which features Captain Pike, the commanding officer of the U.S.S. Enterprise before James Tiberius Kirk came around. But while Star Trek may be your gateway show to the service,...
- 7/20/2022
- by Michael Ahr
- Den of Geek
As depicted on the wildly entertaining Paramount+ series “The Offer,” the group that got together to make “The Godfather” was not necessarily on top of the world before the legendary Best Picture winner was released. Instead, people like producer Al Ruddy, director Francis Ford Coppola, and executive Robert Evans, struggled at first to be taken seriously.
“They’re a band of misfits,” Miles Teller, who plays Ruddy on the series, previously told Gold Derby. “They’re all kind of underdogs in their own right. Not a lot of people bet on any of them. They kind of got their one really big shot and they took it.”
So when it comes to Emmy Awards consideration, maybe it couldn’t have been any other way. Because despite its solid execution and an awards-friendly premise – an insider look at Hollywood and a show about the creative process – “The Offer” has struggled to...
“They’re a band of misfits,” Miles Teller, who plays Ruddy on the series, previously told Gold Derby. “They’re all kind of underdogs in their own right. Not a lot of people bet on any of them. They kind of got their one really big shot and they took it.”
So when it comes to Emmy Awards consideration, maybe it couldn’t have been any other way. Because despite its solid execution and an awards-friendly premise – an insider look at Hollywood and a show about the creative process – “The Offer” has struggled to...
- 6/24/2022
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
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As the 10th and final episode of The Offer arrives to Paramount+ this week, several of its creators reunited for a THR Presents conversation powered by Vision Media to discuss the limited series, about the genesis of The Godfather. Bouncing from Hollywood backlots to the New York criminal underworld to Sicily, the show makes clear how unlikely it was that one of the greatest films ever made was made at all. Joining the panel were cast members Miles Teller (who plays producer Albert S. Ruddy), Juno Temple (as Ruddy’s secretary Bettye McCartt), Matthew Goode (as legendary Paramount studio chief Robert Evans), Dan Fogler (as The Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola) and executive producer Nikki Toscano.
In the video above, the panelists recall the first time they saw the 1972 masterpiece, explain how they researched their characters and convey their hope that Coppola — who...
As the 10th and final episode of The Offer arrives to Paramount+ this week, several of its creators reunited for a THR Presents conversation powered by Vision Media to discuss the limited series, about the genesis of The Godfather. Bouncing from Hollywood backlots to the New York criminal underworld to Sicily, the show makes clear how unlikely it was that one of the greatest films ever made was made at all. Joining the panel were cast members Miles Teller (who plays producer Albert S. Ruddy), Juno Temple (as Ruddy’s secretary Bettye McCartt), Matthew Goode (as legendary Paramount studio chief Robert Evans), Dan Fogler (as The Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola) and executive producer Nikki Toscano.
In the video above, the panelists recall the first time they saw the 1972 masterpiece, explain how they researched their characters and convey their hope that Coppola — who...
- 6/17/2022
- by Julian Sancton
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After a lengthy journey that involved pacifying mercurial businessmen and mob bosses, navigating tricky politics and permits, and working hard to get Francis Ford Coppola (Dan Fogler) all the talent he needed past the studio, Al Ruddy (Miles Teller) and the team finally completed and released “The Godfather” in the season finale of “The Offer.”
(Spoiler alert: This article contains details from the season finale of “The Offer.”)
The final episode of the Paramount+ limited series offered some closure all around as the film premiered to critical acclaim, went on to win several of the big Oscars, including Best Picture, and set up the journey for the sequel. But the final episode also captured some sad partings, like when Bob Evans (Matthew Goode) saw his marriage to Ali McGraw (Meredith Garretson) conclude, Bettye McCartt (Juno Temple) left Al’s employ to start her own agency, and Al parted ways with...
(Spoiler alert: This article contains details from the season finale of “The Offer.”)
The final episode of the Paramount+ limited series offered some closure all around as the film premiered to critical acclaim, went on to win several of the big Oscars, including Best Picture, and set up the journey for the sequel. But the final episode also captured some sad partings, like when Bob Evans (Matthew Goode) saw his marriage to Ali McGraw (Meredith Garretson) conclude, Bettye McCartt (Juno Temple) left Al’s employ to start her own agency, and Al parted ways with...
- 6/16/2022
- by Jolie Lash
- The Wrap
Few actors this year took as big of a swing and connected as hard as Matthew Goode. On the Paramount+ limited series “The Offer,” the British actor plays legendary Paramount production boss and all-around raconteur Robert Evans and nails Evans’s recognizable accent and devil-may-care vibe with aplomb. The performance is so strong that Goode, an Emmy Award nominee for “The Crown,” has earned some of the best reviews of his career for the project – even from his normally picky friends.
“I’m not on social media – which is probably a very good thing – so I got some nice feedback off of my friends because they haven’t seen me doing anything like that,” Goode tells Gold Derby in an exclusive video interview. “They were all like, ‘Jesus, you’re actually alright.’ Thanks, guys.”
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“I’m not on social media – which is probably a very good thing – so I got some nice feedback off of my friends because they haven’t seen me doing anything like that,” Goode tells Gold Derby in an exclusive video interview. “They were all like, ‘Jesus, you’re actually alright.’ Thanks, guys.”
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- 6/14/2022
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
When Miles Teller was brought on to lead “The Offer,” he knew it was a big responsibility – and not just because the Paramount+ limited series focuses on the backstage machinations that led to the creation of “The Godfather.” As real-life Oscar-winning producer Al Ruddy, Teller appears in almost every scene of the sprawling 10-episode series, which shot over nearly seven months during the coronavirus pandemic.
Teller “worked really hard,” his co-star Juno Temple previously told Gold Derby. The show, she said, is ultimately about how Ruddy fought for “things to be how you know they need to be” and how that “really does pay off.”
“Miles is somebody that believes that through and through,” she said.
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Speaking now, Teller says he took his position on the show very seriously. “That meant a lot and has continued to mean a lot for me for a while,...
Teller “worked really hard,” his co-star Juno Temple previously told Gold Derby. The show, she said, is ultimately about how Ruddy fought for “things to be how you know they need to be” and how that “really does pay off.”
“Miles is somebody that believes that through and through,” she said.
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Speaking now, Teller says he took his position on the show very seriously. “That meant a lot and has continued to mean a lot for me for a while,...
- 6/13/2022
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
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Transforming yourself into a Hollywood icon is one thing, but for Matthew Goode to really pull off playing Robert Evans — a titan of 1970s cinema who helped make some of the biggest movies in history happen — he had to go all-in. It wasn’t just the suits and the late Paramount producer’s penchant for cool eyewear; the British Goode had to perfect Evans’ smoothed down New York accent and deep tone in order to sound just like the guy who helped reshape cinema forever in Paramount+’s The Offer. The limited series tells the tall Hollywood tale of how Evans — along with Albert Ruddy, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola and a number of other film luminaries — helped take The Godfather from a successful novel to one of the most important films ever made. Goode spoke with THR about how his wardrobe (and...
Transforming yourself into a Hollywood icon is one thing, but for Matthew Goode to really pull off playing Robert Evans — a titan of 1970s cinema who helped make some of the biggest movies in history happen — he had to go all-in. It wasn’t just the suits and the late Paramount producer’s penchant for cool eyewear; the British Goode had to perfect Evans’ smoothed down New York accent and deep tone in order to sound just like the guy who helped reshape cinema forever in Paramount+’s The Offer. The limited series tells the tall Hollywood tale of how Evans — along with Albert Ruddy, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola and a number of other film luminaries — helped take The Godfather from a successful novel to one of the most important films ever made. Goode spoke with THR about how his wardrobe (and...
- 6/12/2022
- by Jason Diamond
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
What’s harder to work with when it comes to writing a limited series — true stories taken from real life, or the stuff of fiction? A panel of top writers debated the challenges of working with headline-driven and historical material during the final hour of Variety‘s Night in the Writers’ Room on June 9 at 1 Hotel in West Hollywood.
“There’s a little bit of a tightrope-walk in a true story that you don’t necessarily have to walk in fiction,” said Dustin Lance Black, the writer-producer behind FX’s “Under the Banner of Heaven.” He noted that the series, about the 1984 murder of a woman and her infant daughter in Salt Lake City, deals with three intertwined stories, one of which is fictional. “That one to me, I had a slightly easier time with. If I hit a dramatic wall and needed a complication, I was able to make it up.
“There’s a little bit of a tightrope-walk in a true story that you don’t necessarily have to walk in fiction,” said Dustin Lance Black, the writer-producer behind FX’s “Under the Banner of Heaven.” He noted that the series, about the 1984 murder of a woman and her infant daughter in Salt Lake City, deals with three intertwined stories, one of which is fictional. “That one to me, I had a slightly easier time with. If I hit a dramatic wall and needed a complication, I was able to make it up.
- 6/10/2022
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
“It’s one of the icons of contemporary American cinema and I felt a tremendous responsibility,” declares Oscar-nominated production designer Laurence Bennett (“The Artist) about the challenges of designing “The Offer.” “The first time they called about seeing if I was interested in designing the project, I told my agent no, I was not interested because it just felt like there was great risk involved with messing with the classics,” he admits, adding for our recent Q&a, “I just found so much humanity in all the individual stories and everyone had so much investment in the project; it was incredible.” We talked with Bennett as part of Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2022 Emmy Awards contenders. Watch our exclusive video interview above.
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“The Offer,” is a 10-episode limited series streaming on Paramount Plus, written by Oscar nominee Michael Tolkin...
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“The Offer,” is a 10-episode limited series streaming on Paramount Plus, written by Oscar nominee Michael Tolkin...
- 6/7/2022
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
Six top TV production designers will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2022 Emmy Awards contenders. They will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Thursday, June 2, at 4:00 p.m. Pt; 7:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Rob Licuria and a roundtable chat with all of the group together.
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Synopsis: Many of history’s most impactful and world-changing decisions have been hidden from view, made by America’s charismatic, complex and dynamic first ladies.
Bio: Tony Fanning was an Emmy winner for “The West Wing.
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Synopsis: Many of history’s most impactful and world-changing decisions have been hidden from view, made by America’s charismatic, complex and dynamic first ladies.
Bio: Tony Fanning was an Emmy winner for “The West Wing.
- 5/26/2022
- by Chris Beachum and Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
“I think that it was incredibly meta for everyone on set,” says “The Offer” showrunner Nikki Toscano about producing the Paramount+ limited series about the production of “The Godfather.” “I mean, we’re shooting on the Paramount lot. We’re shooting it on stages where ‘The Godfather’ shot. I think that there was an awareness for everyone, myself included, about the responsibility of what that was going to be like.” We talked with Toscano as part of our “Meet the Experts” TV showrunners panel. Watch our exclusive video interview above.
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“The Godfather” is one of the most famous films ever made, won Oscars for Marlon Brando and Francis Ford Coppola, and made a star out of Al Pacino. But “The Offer” takes the point of view of the film’s producer, Albert S. Ruddy (played by Miles Teller), an unsung hero on the film who tangled with executives,...
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“The Godfather” is one of the most famous films ever made, won Oscars for Marlon Brando and Francis Ford Coppola, and made a star out of Al Pacino. But “The Offer” takes the point of view of the film’s producer, Albert S. Ruddy (played by Miles Teller), an unsung hero on the film who tangled with executives,...
- 5/23/2022
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Four top TV showrunners will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2022 Emmy Awards contenders. They will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Thursday, May 19, at 4:00 p.m. Pt; 7:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Daniel Montgomery and a roundtable chat with all of the group together.
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Black-ish (ABC)
Synopsis: A couple struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood.
Bio: Courtney Lilly was a four-time Emmy nominee for “Black-ish.” He has also been nominated at the...
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Black-ish (ABC)
Synopsis: A couple struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood.
Bio: Courtney Lilly was a four-time Emmy nominee for “Black-ish.” He has also been nominated at the...
- 5/13/2022
- by Chris Beachum and Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: The Corleone family finally has come together for a real Italian dinner. In this clip from the May 12 episode of The Offer on Paramount+, Francis Ford Coppola (Dan Fogler) greets the cast of The Godfather for their first gathering before shooting commences on the film.
Much to Coppola’s delight, the actors immediately settle into their roles. Marlon Brando (Justin Chambers) sits at the head of the table and insists that his wife be served first. He then gives a speech thanking the group for attending his birthday meal.
The Offer is based on producer Albert S. Ruddy’s experience making the 1972 film that Coppola directed and adapted with Mario Puzo from Puzo’s bestselling novel. Besides Chambers and Fogler, The Offer stars Miles Teller as Al Ruddy, Matthew Goode as Robert Evans, Juno Temple as Bettye McCartt, Giovanni Ribisi as Joe Colombo, Burn Gorman as Charles Bluhdorn, Colin Hanks...
Much to Coppola’s delight, the actors immediately settle into their roles. Marlon Brando (Justin Chambers) sits at the head of the table and insists that his wife be served first. He then gives a speech thanking the group for attending his birthday meal.
The Offer is based on producer Albert S. Ruddy’s experience making the 1972 film that Coppola directed and adapted with Mario Puzo from Puzo’s bestselling novel. Besides Chambers and Fogler, The Offer stars Miles Teller as Al Ruddy, Matthew Goode as Robert Evans, Juno Temple as Bettye McCartt, Giovanni Ribisi as Joe Colombo, Burn Gorman as Charles Bluhdorn, Colin Hanks...
- 5/11/2022
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Prolific actor and director Adam Arkin was uniquely suited to direct episode four of “The Offer,” about the making of 1972’s “The Godfather.” In that hour, streaming now on Paramount+, filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola (Dan Fogler) and producer Albert S. Ruddy (Miles Teller) finally meet with Marlon Brando (Justin Chambers), who auditions to play Don Corleone on the spot – and leaves the filmmakers almost speechless. It fell to Arkin to recreate that iconic and oft-discussed moment, but he knew where to start. After all, the three-time Emmy nominee as an actor who has directed episodes of some of the most acclaimed television shows in the last decade, including “Fargo” and “Succession,” had heard stories about what “The Godfather” star was like from his father Alan Arkin.
“Brando asked my father if he would come over and have dinner, just before he was going to do the film ‘The Freshman’ because...
“Brando asked my father if he would come over and have dinner, just before he was going to do the film ‘The Freshman’ because...
- 5/9/2022
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
When Albert S. Ruddy (played by Miles Teller), Bettye McCart (Juno Temple) and Francis Ford Coppola (Dan Fogler) meet outside Marlon Brando’s house in the fourth episode of “The Offer,” their anticipation is palpable. That goes for the audience watching the limited series on Paramount+ as well: How could any modern performer capture the essence of Brando, one of the most acclaimed and recognizable actors of all time?
That’s the task actor Justin Chambers and makeup department head Katy Fray undertook for “The Offer,” and their work pays off immediately. Chambers’ first scene as Brando – where he auditions to play Don Corleone in “The Godfather” and transforms into the mafia figure on the spot – inspires awe in the show’s characters and will likely have a similar result on the viewers at home.
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That’s the task actor Justin Chambers and makeup department head Katy Fray undertook for “The Offer,” and their work pays off immediately. Chambers’ first scene as Brando – where he auditions to play Don Corleone in “The Godfather” and transforms into the mafia figure on the spot – inspires awe in the show’s characters and will likely have a similar result on the viewers at home.
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- 5/6/2022
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Photo: ‘The Offer’ Here’s ‘The Offer’ Paramount’s new series ‘The Offer’ follows Albert S. Ruddy (Miles Teller) as he tries to produce ‘The Godfather.’ New to the producing game, Ruddy scrambles to string together a creative team with a limited budget and not enough time. Despite Mario Puzo’s (Patrick Gallo) book topping sales charts, the execs above Ruddy are wary about making a mobster movie, considering the genre dead. To make matters worse, Joe Colombo (Giovanni Ribisi) of the Colombo crime family takes to protesting The Godfather at Italian-American Civil Rights League rallies. Taking the story to be insensitive and slanderous to Italian-Americans, the league aims to shut the movie down before it gets off the ground. A few bad actors even take to sending Ruddy and his executive producer Robert Evans (Matthew Goode) a message, if you know what I mean. Related article: Oscar-nominated - Exclusive: 'Dune' Full Commentary,...
- 5/5/2022
- by Kevin Hauger
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
Paramount+’s new limited series The Offer tells the behind-the-scenes tale of how the classic film The Godfather made it to the big screen — but not everyone was happy to see it get there.
Thursday’s premiere begins years earlier: As New York gangster Joe Colombo (Giovanni Ribisi) looks to move up in the Mafia hierarchy, Hollywood studio executive Robert Evans (Matthew Goode) faces a financial crisis at Paramount Pictures and Albert S. Ruddy (Miles Teller) is a bored computer programmer at the Rand Corporation. Al meets a TV writer friend for a drink at L.A.’s Chateau Marmont,...
Thursday’s premiere begins years earlier: As New York gangster Joe Colombo (Giovanni Ribisi) looks to move up in the Mafia hierarchy, Hollywood studio executive Robert Evans (Matthew Goode) faces a financial crisis at Paramount Pictures and Albert S. Ruddy (Miles Teller) is a bored computer programmer at the Rand Corporation. Al meets a TV writer friend for a drink at L.A.’s Chateau Marmont,...
- 4/28/2022
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
"The Godfather" is undoubtedly one of the greatest and most beloved films of all time. Just in time for the film's 50th anniversary, Paramount+ has debuted a ten-episode limited series called "The Offer," exploring the behind-the-scenes drama set from the perspective of producer Albert S. Ruddy (Miles Teller) as he adapts Mario Puzo's novel of the same name for the silver screen. Ruddy wrangles up a dream team to bring the movie to life, only to face production challenges thanks to tension on set, and a mob boss who declared war on the film's creation. The series runs longer than the entirety of...
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- 4/28/2022
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
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Here’s an offer you can’t refuse: you can now watch The Godfather movies online. After being absent from streaming services for a while, The Godfather movies are now available to stream on Paramount+.
The new streaming availability of The Godfather movies coincides with the release of The Offer, a biographical miniseries about the making of the first Godfather film. Starring Miles Teller as Albert S. Ruddy...
Here’s an offer you can’t refuse: you can now watch The Godfather movies online. After being absent from streaming services for a while, The Godfather movies are now available to stream on Paramount+.
The new streaming availability of The Godfather movies coincides with the release of The Offer, a biographical miniseries about the making of the first Godfather film. Starring Miles Teller as Albert S. Ruddy...
- 4/28/2022
- by Oscar Hartzog
- Rollingstone.com
“The Godfather” may be one of the most legendary films of all time, but the story of how it got made is a legendary one of its own, now being told in the Paramount+ series “The Offer.” And you better believe it was an intimidating project for the show’s writers and executive producers to dive into.
“I think it was a combination of really exciting and scary as hell, because you feel a great responsibility,” EP Russell Rothberg told TheWrap when he sat down for a Zoom interview alongside EP, writer and showrunner Nikki Toscano. “It’s the greatest movie of all time. And we were all fans of it and everybody in the writers room was a fan of it. And we wanted to do the movie justice and pay homage and tell the best story we could, centered on Al Ruddy obviously, because he was our main source.
“I think it was a combination of really exciting and scary as hell, because you feel a great responsibility,” EP Russell Rothberg told TheWrap when he sat down for a Zoom interview alongside EP, writer and showrunner Nikki Toscano. “It’s the greatest movie of all time. And we were all fans of it and everybody in the writers room was a fan of it. And we wanted to do the movie justice and pay homage and tell the best story we could, centered on Al Ruddy obviously, because he was our main source.
- 4/28/2022
- by Jolie Lash
- The Wrap
Regarded as one of the best films of all time, “The Godfather” was released in 1972. The film was adapted from Mario Puzo’s best-selling 1969 novel and is set in the 1940s, following the Mafia family the Corelones in New York.
Marlon Brando played The Godfather himself, Don Vito Corleone, who passes down his gangster ties to his sons Sonny (James Caan) and Michael (Al Pacino). Michael has distanced himself from the involvement of his family in crime, but he comes back into the fold after violence claims his Sicilian wife, and he returns home to marry Kay (Diane Keaton) a non-Italian.
The film won the Oscars for Best Picture, Actor (Brando) and Adapted Screenplay and gave birth to one of the best sequels ever made. And now, the story behind the story is being told.
“The Offer” is a new limited series detailing the making of the iconic first film,...
Marlon Brando played The Godfather himself, Don Vito Corleone, who passes down his gangster ties to his sons Sonny (James Caan) and Michael (Al Pacino). Michael has distanced himself from the involvement of his family in crime, but he comes back into the fold after violence claims his Sicilian wife, and he returns home to marry Kay (Diane Keaton) a non-Italian.
The film won the Oscars for Best Picture, Actor (Brando) and Adapted Screenplay and gave birth to one of the best sequels ever made. And now, the story behind the story is being told.
“The Offer” is a new limited series detailing the making of the iconic first film,...
- 4/28/2022
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Tremendous forces came together during the production of “The Godfather,” helmed by producer Albert S. Ruddy for Paramount, back when Robert Evans was head honcho under owner Charles Bluhdorn. As if the pressure from the Paramount executives, especially Barry Lapidus weren’t enough, Ruddy also had the particular tastes of Francis Ford Coppola to appease in order to keep him on board the project and to expedite the writing process of the book’s author Mario Puzo.
Add in threats mobsters like Joe Colombo, as well as very specific casting choices, and Ruddy definitely had his hands full. It was worth it in the end: “The Godfather” is one of the best movies ever made. But the process of getting it made is the focus of the new Paramount+ limited series “The Offer,” which premieres on April 28.
With so many familiar faces getting the fictionalized treatment, we’ve put together...
Add in threats mobsters like Joe Colombo, as well as very specific casting choices, and Ruddy definitely had his hands full. It was worth it in the end: “The Godfather” is one of the best movies ever made. But the process of getting it made is the focus of the new Paramount+ limited series “The Offer,” which premieres on April 28.
With so many familiar faces getting the fictionalized treatment, we’ve put together...
- 4/27/2022
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Paramount+ is going to the mattresses on April 28. The streamer will debut the first three episodes of The Offer. Based on the experiences of producer Albert S. Ruddy, played by Miles Teller, the original miniseries is about the making of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 gangster classic, The Godfather. But it is really a love story to early 1970s filmmaking. Paramount+ will also add remastered versions of the full Godfather trilogy to its streaming library. Promoted as an epic tale of betrayal, power, and murder, the first film is an allegory to the American dream, corporate malfeasance, and family. The film trilogy, as a whole, can be seen as a metaphor for the motion picture industry at the end of the 20th Century.
The Godfather epic is a motion picture saga which tells the story of modern filmmaking. Over the course of three films and a coda, it follows the cinematic wave from its scrappy beginnings,...
The Godfather epic is a motion picture saga which tells the story of modern filmmaking. Over the course of three films and a coda, it follows the cinematic wave from its scrappy beginnings,...
- 4/27/2022
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
From the day Nicole Clemens took the reins of Paramount Television Studios in 2018, she fielded calls about whether “The Godfather” was available for development as a TV series.
The answer was always no. “The Godfather” — Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 masterpiece that begat 1974’s “The Godfather: Part II” and 1990’s “The Godfather: Part III” — is among the most valuable assets in the Paramount Pictures vault.
Clemens couldn’t help thinking about all of those inquiries a year later when she took a general meeting with nonagenarian producer Albert S. Ruddy, whose quirky résumé ranges from “The Godfather” to “Hogan’s Heroes” to “Walker, Texas Ranger.” As he regaled her with tales of his transformation in the late 1960s from a computer programmer for Rand Corp. to Hollywood producer, she began to think that Ruddy’s story of breaking in as an outsider could be the Pov for a series about the making of “The Godfather.
The answer was always no. “The Godfather” — Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 masterpiece that begat 1974’s “The Godfather: Part II” and 1990’s “The Godfather: Part III” — is among the most valuable assets in the Paramount Pictures vault.
Clemens couldn’t help thinking about all of those inquiries a year later when she took a general meeting with nonagenarian producer Albert S. Ruddy, whose quirky résumé ranges from “The Godfather” to “Hogan’s Heroes” to “Walker, Texas Ranger.” As he regaled her with tales of his transformation in the late 1960s from a computer programmer for Rand Corp. to Hollywood producer, she began to think that Ruddy’s story of breaking in as an outsider could be the Pov for a series about the making of “The Godfather.
- 4/27/2022
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Say this for The Offer: It makes you want to see The Godfather again — and Paramount+ has complied, making the entire movie trilogy available for bingeing on the original’s 50th anniversary. (The first two are highly recommended.) This ambitious 10-part drama about the behind-the-scenes conflicts during filmmaking, with producer Albert S. Ruddy fending off meddling studio execs and menacing mobsters, isn’t quite as compelling. It suffers, like so much in the streaming world, from repetition and extreme overlength, which is ironic considering that Paramount’s bean counters (embodied by Colin Hanks in a thankless wet-blanket role) tried to shorten the all-time classic by an hour. Nicole Wilder/Paramount+ Worse, Offer’s depiction of the gangsters hounding Ruddy (Miles Teller) leans into cartoonish stereotype in a way The Godfather worked so diligently to avoid. It feels like a contest as to who can give the most irritating and...
- 4/26/2022
- TV Insider
Honoring one of the greatest films ever made presents a monumentally tall task to any actor. The stars of the new Paramount+ series reflected on what “The Godfather” means to them in light of their new roles in “The Offer.”
“I think, more than anything else, it’s a nice reminder for us actors and creative types that even on one of the greatest movies ever made, it almost fell apart,” Colin Hanks told Variety at the Los Angeles premiere on Wednesday night. “It could’ve fallen apart at any moment. And so, it sort of gives you a little bit of wind in your sails to keep going, no matter what happens.”
“The Offer” follows the highly tumultuous behind-the-scenes story of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 classic through the eyes of producer Albert S. Ruddy, played by Miles Teller. Hanks plays Barry Lapidus, a stern Gulf & Western executive who was against making “The Godfather.
“I think, more than anything else, it’s a nice reminder for us actors and creative types that even on one of the greatest movies ever made, it almost fell apart,” Colin Hanks told Variety at the Los Angeles premiere on Wednesday night. “It could’ve fallen apart at any moment. And so, it sort of gives you a little bit of wind in your sails to keep going, no matter what happens.”
“The Offer” follows the highly tumultuous behind-the-scenes story of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 classic through the eyes of producer Albert S. Ruddy, played by Miles Teller. Hanks plays Barry Lapidus, a stern Gulf & Western executive who was against making “The Godfather.
- 4/22/2022
- by Carson Burton
- Variety Film + TV
Paramount+ is about to make you an offer you can’t refuse. The streaming service announced back in 2020 that, along with their rebranding from CBS All Access to Paramount, that they would be bringing audiences a limited series about the making of “The Godfather” titled “The Offer.” The move was met with some raised eyebrows as it seemed like a push for the burgeoning streamer to mine from its extensive, existing intellectual property.
In an ironic twist, similar to production of the film it is discussing, “The Offer” has had a rough road to completion. In 2021, “Top Gun: Maverick” star Miles Teller was brought in to replace Armie Hammer as Albert Ruddy. After that, the series had to pause production after one of the cast tested positive for Covid-19. But, thankfully, the show did go on and now audiences are just a week away from seeing what is on tap with “The Offer.
In an ironic twist, similar to production of the film it is discussing, “The Offer” has had a rough road to completion. In 2021, “Top Gun: Maverick” star Miles Teller was brought in to replace Armie Hammer as Albert Ruddy. After that, the series had to pause production after one of the cast tested positive for Covid-19. But, thankfully, the show did go on and now audiences are just a week away from seeing what is on tap with “The Offer.
- 4/15/2022
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
It is a story steeped in action and intrigue, but is it true?
The Offer, a new 10-part series starting April 28 on Paramount+, delivers an “inside” account of the making of The Godfather. It is a story about stalwart filmmakers who defied bullets and death threats from Mafia soldiers to deliver their great saga.
But not really. The TV series, written by Michael Tolkin, is loosely based on incidents and anecdotes supplied by Albert S. Ruddy, who produced the movie. They are vivid anecdotes, but they are at odds with the accounts of principals who made the movie — of which I am one — and who encountered a different reality.
The Italian-American activists who took an interest in the project in fact revered Mario Puzo’s bestselling novel and were desperate to find a way of mobilizing the film to raise funds for their own causes and charities. “The principals of the movie were celebrated,...
The Offer, a new 10-part series starting April 28 on Paramount+, delivers an “inside” account of the making of The Godfather. It is a story about stalwart filmmakers who defied bullets and death threats from Mafia soldiers to deliver their great saga.
But not really. The TV series, written by Michael Tolkin, is loosely based on incidents and anecdotes supplied by Albert S. Ruddy, who produced the movie. They are vivid anecdotes, but they are at odds with the accounts of principals who made the movie — of which I am one — and who encountered a different reality.
The Italian-American activists who took an interest in the project in fact revered Mario Puzo’s bestselling novel and were desperate to find a way of mobilizing the film to raise funds for their own causes and charities. “The principals of the movie were celebrated,...
- 4/14/2022
- by Peter Bart
- Deadline Film + TV
"The Offer" is the new TV miniseries dramatizing the development and production of Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 feature "The Godfather", streaming April 28, 2022 on Paramount+:
Cast includes Miles Teller as 'Albert S. Ruddy', Matthew Goode as 'Robert Evans', Giovanni Ribisi as 'Joe Colombo', Colin Hanks as 'Barry Lapidus', Dan Fogler as 'Francis Ford Coppola', Juno Temple as 'Bettye McCartt', Burn Gorman as 'Charles Bluhdorn', Justin Chambers as 'Marlon Brando', Patrick Gallo as 'Mario Puzo', Josh Zuckerman as 'Peter Bart', Meredith Garretson as 'Ali MacGraw', Nora Arnezeder as 'Francoise Glazer', Paul McCrane as 'Jack Ballard', Anthony Skordi as 'Carlo Gambino'...
...Jake Cannavale as 'Caesar', James Madio as 'Gino', Michael Rispoli as 'Tommy Lucchese', Stephanie Koenig as 'Andrea Eastman', Lou Ferrigno as 'Lenny Montana', Frank John Hughes as 'Frank Sinatra',...
Cast includes Miles Teller as 'Albert S. Ruddy', Matthew Goode as 'Robert Evans', Giovanni Ribisi as 'Joe Colombo', Colin Hanks as 'Barry Lapidus', Dan Fogler as 'Francis Ford Coppola', Juno Temple as 'Bettye McCartt', Burn Gorman as 'Charles Bluhdorn', Justin Chambers as 'Marlon Brando', Patrick Gallo as 'Mario Puzo', Josh Zuckerman as 'Peter Bart', Meredith Garretson as 'Ali MacGraw', Nora Arnezeder as 'Francoise Glazer', Paul McCrane as 'Jack Ballard', Anthony Skordi as 'Carlo Gambino'...
...Jake Cannavale as 'Caesar', James Madio as 'Gino', Michael Rispoli as 'Tommy Lucchese', Stephanie Koenig as 'Andrea Eastman', Lou Ferrigno as 'Lenny Montana', Frank John Hughes as 'Frank Sinatra',...
- 3/29/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
“There’s an old adage in the business… unhappy sets make great movies.”
That was spoken by producer Albert S. Ruddy, and he should know. Ruddy was the producer on The Godfather, Francis Ford Coppola’s adaptation of Mario Puzo’s bestselling novel that is renowned as one of the greatest films of all time. But making a masterpiece like this certainly did not come easily.
Ruddy’s comment is recounted in author Mark Seal’s recently published book, Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli, an exhaustive and fabulously entertaining look back at the making of The Godfather through the eyes of many of those who were there. The film itself celebrates its golden anniversary this week and the studio, Paramount Pictures, has pulled out all the stops.
The Godfather was reissued earlier this month in theaters in a brand-new restoration, enabling many (including this writer) to see it for...
That was spoken by producer Albert S. Ruddy, and he should know. Ruddy was the producer on The Godfather, Francis Ford Coppola’s adaptation of Mario Puzo’s bestselling novel that is renowned as one of the greatest films of all time. But making a masterpiece like this certainly did not come easily.
Ruddy’s comment is recounted in author Mark Seal’s recently published book, Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli, an exhaustive and fabulously entertaining look back at the making of The Godfather through the eyes of many of those who were there. The film itself celebrates its golden anniversary this week and the studio, Paramount Pictures, has pulled out all the stops.
The Godfather was reissued earlier this month in theaters in a brand-new restoration, enabling many (including this writer) to see it for...
- 3/27/2022
- by Don Kaye
- Den of Geek
Paramount+ has debuted a new trailer for ‘The Offer’ – the series following the drama behind the scenes making of the iconic film ‘The Godfather.’
Based on Oscar®-winning producer Albert S. Ruddy’s extraordinary, never-revealed experiences of making ‘The Godfather.’
Miles Teller stars as Oscar-winning producer Albert S. Ruddy who is chosen to shepherd a film adaptation of the Mario Puzo novel. Dan Fogler co-stars as Coppola along with Matthew Goode as Bob Evans.
From budget constraints to an unwilling director, to other failed gangster movies, the production was an uphill battle but it yielded the 1972 film that remains one of the greatest of all time.
Giovanni Ribisi, Colin Hanks, Justin Chambers, Lou Ferrigno, Juno Temple and Michael Gandolfini co-star. The series was created and written by Michael Tolkin, with Nikki Toscano as co-writer and showrunner.
Also in trailers – Jessica Biel stars in trailer for limited series ‘Candy’
The first...
Based on Oscar®-winning producer Albert S. Ruddy’s extraordinary, never-revealed experiences of making ‘The Godfather.’
Miles Teller stars as Oscar-winning producer Albert S. Ruddy who is chosen to shepherd a film adaptation of the Mario Puzo novel. Dan Fogler co-stars as Coppola along with Matthew Goode as Bob Evans.
From budget constraints to an unwilling director, to other failed gangster movies, the production was an uphill battle but it yielded the 1972 film that remains one of the greatest of all time.
Giovanni Ribisi, Colin Hanks, Justin Chambers, Lou Ferrigno, Juno Temple and Michael Gandolfini co-star. The series was created and written by Michael Tolkin, with Nikki Toscano as co-writer and showrunner.
Also in trailers – Jessica Biel stars in trailer for limited series ‘Candy’
The first...
- 3/24/2022
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The first set photos from the upcoming film Renfield has been revealed, showcasing Nicolas Cage as Dracula for the first time, and it’s pure Nicolas Cage perfection.
“We’re still pinching ourselves that ‘Nic Cage playing Dracula’ is an actual thing that our eyeballs will soon be able to witness. New photos from the set of Chris McKay’s horror-comedy Renfield, which stars Nicholas Hoult as the put-upon assistant of a certain famous vampire, now make us even more eager to see Cage in action.”
Read more at Gizmodo
The latest trailer for The Offer, starring Miles Teller and an all-star cast, reveals the true story behind how the legendary film The Godfather was made (but almost wasn’t).
“Paramount+ has released a new trailer for the upcoming ten-episode series The Offer, following the mayhem behind the production of The Godfather. The trailer shows Oscar-winning producer Albert S. Ruddy,...
“We’re still pinching ourselves that ‘Nic Cage playing Dracula’ is an actual thing that our eyeballs will soon be able to witness. New photos from the set of Chris McKay’s horror-comedy Renfield, which stars Nicholas Hoult as the put-upon assistant of a certain famous vampire, now make us even more eager to see Cage in action.”
Read more at Gizmodo
The latest trailer for The Offer, starring Miles Teller and an all-star cast, reveals the true story behind how the legendary film The Godfather was made (but almost wasn’t).
“Paramount+ has released a new trailer for the upcoming ten-episode series The Offer, following the mayhem behind the production of The Godfather. The trailer shows Oscar-winning producer Albert S. Ruddy,...
- 3/24/2022
- by Lee Parham
- Den of Geek
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