Controversy erupted after the estate of Mario Puzo had plans to license a new book sequel without Paramount's blessing. "Paramount wanted a war, and they’re going to get one," says estate attorney ...

The estate of Mario Puzo, author of The Godfather books that led to the iconic movie trilogy, is countersuing Paramount Pictures for $10 million over the contested release of a Godfather sequel that ...

Great crime fiction often doubles as social commentary. In The Godfather, Mario Puzo did more than tell a mafia saga, he exposed anxieties about power, corruption, and the fragility of public trust.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "The Godfather" holds a revered position in film history, with the Corleone crime family saga – starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino ...

Paramount Pictures is demanding that the estate of author Mario Puzo not license any more literary sequels to The Godfather. The studio has filed a lawsuit against Anthony Ruzzo, the son and executor ...

It’s easy to see why they’d make a movie about the making of The Godfather (as Barry Levinson is). All sorts of characters were involved in getting the picture off the ground. Reading about Godfather ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. [Warning: This story contains spoilers for the initial three episodes of The Offer.] Mario Puzo would have been proud. For actor ...

When he began to write The Godfather, Mario Puzo had realized he couldn’t survive on the minor acclaim and meager compensation his literary fiction had earned him. He wanted to make some money. And ...

Hollywood history is filled with stories of movies surpassing the books that inspired them, but perhaps none loom larger than “The Godfather.” Francis Ford Coppola’s film is so beloved that it is easy ...