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Coppola Slams Godfather Game

Posted by Zonk on from the collaborate-with-the-original-vision dept.

greysky writes "Gamespot cites an interview on AMC where Coppola reveals that he is upset with Paramount for making his Godfather movies into a video game. He's quoted as saying 'I knew nothing about it. They never asked me if I thought it was a good idea...I think it's a misuse of film'. The interview is set to air on AMC this Sunday."

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  1. Easy money? by El_Muerte_TDS · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Is it that difficult to be original? Do you have to use an existing story? Why would you want to replay the story you've seen 100s of times on TV. Just make a new mafia game, with a new story.
    Anyone played the game called Mafia? It was a great game with a good story, set in 1930. So fund a sequal to that game to be set in 1980. I'm sure it would be much more succesfull than a simple remake of a Godfather movie into a game.

  2. Re:Excuse me... by fmita · · Score: 4, Insightful

    First of all, Apocalypse Now is based on "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad, and second of all, the game is quite obviously based on Coppola's characters--what, with Duvall and such doing voices for it. They even have the rights from Paramount, not from whatever publishing company.