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Francis Ford Coppola Setting Up Shop At Paramount To Make NYC-Set Film Spanning Forty Years!
Beaks here...
So much for Francis Ford Coppola finishing out his career with personal little indie films.
In a recent interview with EW (regarding the release of a five-film Blu-ray set due out this month), Coppola revealed that he has secured major financing from "a secret investor" with "infinite resources" to make an ambitious movie set in New York City between the 1920s and '60s. Coppola knows what you're thinking, and you can forget it: this isn't a GODFATHER movie. And it's obviously not MEGALOPOLIS, as that was to be set in the future.
As of right now, he has a first draft and is ready to cast. He will have an office on the Paramount lot beginning next year, so it seems likely that he'll shoot the film there. As for who's financing, The Playlist wisely speculates that it could be David Ellison, who was involved in the financing of M:I4, JACK REACHER and TRUE GRIT - all Paramount movies).
Coppola states that "movies are big in proportion to the period." I have no idea what he's getting at, but the thought of him taking another crack at a big, classic studio movie makes me so very happy. Best of luck, sir.
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I don't know who thought it was acceptable to have an openly balding Superman. Thanks Nolan YOU ARSEHOLE.
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Let's see . . . who does Coppola know that recently came into billions of dollars? Hint: his initials are GL.
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Dec. 4, 2012, 6:11 p.m. CST
Coppola joins the likes of Carpenter and Lucas; once Gods, now God-awful.
by loafroaster
Whatever happened with that Val Kilmer Twixt movie, did it ever come out? Tetro and Youth Without Youth were fucking turds though.
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Who else could it be but Lucas? As Lucas sells his legacy, it's time for him to make amends with the guy who got him started in the biz and let everything come full circle.
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good thing i make 119 tho a year after taxes.
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Dec. 4, 2012, 6:18 p.m. CST
AWESOME! IT'S GREAT TO SEE SUCH A MASTEFUL FILMAKER DOING WHAT HE DOEZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
by AzulTool
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That may be true, but you haven't just been cast as Superman. Between the upcoming disappointment of The Hobbit and the idea of seeing a Kryptonian coming to terms with male pattern baldness, I'm not feeling hopeful for the next six months.
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i hope its a prequel/ sequel to "Peggy Sue Got Married"..i have a heartfelt soft spot for that underrated gem..
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That's what screaming inside my head as I read this... disappointed someone beat me to it :(
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I heard him coming down on the superhero genre on Adam Carolla's podcast. He said it's nothing more than comics crossed with amusement park rides. I guess he's just bitter that most financial backing goes to fund those kind of films these days. Broke my little geek heart to hear him say that, as I am a huge fan. I once saw him driving off in a yellow corvette from his winery in Napa back in 2006.
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Good call on whoever made that connection. George knows how hard it is to get personal shit through the studio system. Now everday shit such as Battleship and anything with Sarah Jessica Parker get greenlit left and right. But your own personal films need an act of congress to be given a pass. (see GL's Tuskegee movie) This can be epicly great or a huge fail. Either way it will be entertaining to watch.
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Dec. 4, 2012, 6:39 p.m. CST
Maybe he should make a movie about a filmmaker who secured major financing from "a secret investor" with "infinite resources"
by Proman1984
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She's made some good films too.
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Dec. 4, 2012, 6:40 p.m. CST
Lord knows FFC has earned a lifetime of good movie karma, but the word "ambitious" is anathema to Hollywood these days.
by Bill C.
However, as 'The Prisoner' always said: we want information. If this is partially independently funded, how much will Paramount interfere with FFC? What is the film about? How high is FFC aiming?
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After a career spanning many, many films, Coppola has made three genius movies (Godfather, Godfather II, Apocalypse Now), and one excellent move (the Conversation). Just those four films guarantee his position as one of the greatest directors that ever lived, but the fact remains that everything else the man has ever done has been pretty mediocre. I'm not sure what to expect with this new film, but I'm rooting for Coppola. I sincerely hope that he reascends to greatness, even if it's just for one last time. Also, you've got to love George Lucas. He helped Coppola out once before, with Tucker: The Man and His Dream... this was following One From the Heart, when no one in Hollywood wanted to touch Coppola with a ten foot pole.
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I first watched that film when I was 18, and I thought it was amazing at that time how he captured what it's like to be that age. Even now when I watch it, it reminds me of that feeling....like time is ticking away really quickly, and every day is a struggle of some sort. Have to admit, I don't care for the Godfather movies. I like The Conversation, though. Tucker was cool, too. Jeff Bridges, the optimist.
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...sheesh! Some of you trolls have some real self-esteem issues. Not only that, but you're perfectly willing to attempt to pass them on to others. Shallow cunts, the lot of you.
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Paramount will want something in return. I smell a Godfather, Part IV.
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Dec. 4, 2012, 7:20 p.m. CST
Don't even put that out there, magnus! Take it back! Take it baaaaaaack!
by Bill C.
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What don't you like about the Godfather? I would call it the only perfect movie ever made. I'm not criticizing... I'm just curious.
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Dec. 4, 2012, 7:24 p.m. CST
HEARD RUMOR THAT FFC IS DOING A MOVIE ABOUT CASTRO AND THE CUBAN REVOLUTION. I'D WATCH IT.
by Darth Busey
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Dec. 4, 2012, 7:25 p.m. CST
FFC IS ON RECORD...NO MORE GODFATHER SEQUELS. THANK GOODNESS.
by Darth Busey
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WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE THX1138 PREQUEL
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When I watch the Godfather films, I recognize their quality. Visually they are good, the storytelling is good, too, and fine acting. Having said all that, I find them really dull, and don't care much for the subject matter, and don't like the score, that weepy Godfather theme. There are some movies which I recognize have quality, yet despite their quality, I don't like them for their content, and Godfather is one of those. I don't object to the movies morally or anything like that, just don't enjoy them. By the same token, there are a lot of movies that I recognize are crap to most people, yet I enjoy the shit out of them.
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Dec. 4, 2012, 7:32 p.m. CST
LUCAS I WILL PAY YOU $6 BILLION FOR THE SEQUEL RIGHTS TO MORE AMERICAN GRAFITTI
by Margot Tenenbaum
call my people
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Sophie's Choice. Quality wise, I recognize it has a lot of merits. But I would never ever watch that movie again for the rest of my life.
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Clearly, just because a mogul doesn't want to continue, that doesn't mean the stories can't continue. Lucas was contending that "He" would never make Episdodes 7, 8 and 9. Well, thanks to the Mouse House, here they come. The same is possible for Coppola. I think the sale of Lucasfilm to Disney proves that. I doubt it's very probable, but anything can happen.
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Dec. 4, 2012, 8:02 p.m. CST
I enjoyed each Star Wares prequel, each one more than the previous. Superior Science Fiction films
by Proman1984
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I mean not that i'd ever be a secret investor or anything on a script that i wrote...or would i?
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Dec. 4, 2012, 8:44 p.m. CST
If this film bombs, it'll make Jack look like the first 2 Godfathers
by Kyle DeMattio
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And all you dicks know it. Quit rooting for him to fail. And as for the "infinite resources" backer, why do I have a feeling his old pal George and his new INFINITE RESOURCEFUL partners have something to do with this?
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propecia = the new kryptonite. Supes can never please lois. I smell a lawsuit. and a rat.
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Dec. 4, 2012, 10:43 p.m. CST
OH AND WE HAVE COPPOLA TO THANK FOR SUFFERING HIS HOOK NOSED TRUST FUND BABY DAUGHTER UPON US!!!FACT!!! SAY, WHERE HAS EAGLE BEAK BEEN SINCE HER LAST TWO VACUOUS MOVIES TANKED?!?FACT!!! HERE'S WHAT I WROTE OF HER BACK IN 2010.......
by CreepyThinMan
FUCK SOFIA COPPOLA AND HER ARISTOCRATIC MALAISE..... Everything this bitch has done relates to how she's a poor little rich girl, born into Hollywood royalty which is why Life Without Zoe (From New York Stories) is exactly the type of fantasy you'd expect from an 18 year old airhead who knows NOTHING about the real world. The Virgin Suicides is a miserable piece of "woe is me" trash about the mindset of vacuous teenage girls who have read too much Sylvia Plath and fantasize about killing themselves because they don't get enough attention from Mommy and Daddy while “suffering” the existential Horrors of High School and suburbia. This cunt should have been thrown into a South Central LA foster home when she was 12. Who knows, maybe she wouldn’t have her head soo far up her fucking culo. Lost in Translation is one of the most overrated piece’s of shit I have ever seen and is obviously based on her own life as it details the trials and tribulations of a Directors wife (Coppola was married to Spike Jones) who feels neglected by her husband, while also trying to define herself as a woman, and has a “platonic” relationship with an older man (no sex, of course, because then she would be a whore) all the while taking place in Tokyo Japan in the lap of luxury. I’d LOVE to see this dumb bitch deal with a 9 to 5 job, a blue collar husband and a bunch of kids with no nanny and/or servants. And, of course, Marie Antoinette couldn’t be about a significant figure of the French Revolution who was tried for treason, executed and attributed to the phrase “Let them eat cake” which symbolized everything wrong with the ruling class aristocracy of the era. Instead, this dingbat degenerates the whole thing into yet another pre-pubescent fantasy about living in a castle with, like, awesome clothes, parties and cute guys. There’s a great movie about Marie Antoinette to be made but there was never a chance from this spoilt American brat. Which brings us to her latest, Somewhere, yet another movie about another rich and famous asshole, in this case an actor, who is just soo bored with all the trappings of fame and fortune. Yeah, it must be such fucking Hell. You know, I have a vision of Sofia Coppola living in a castle, surrounded by servants, delicious cakes, beautiful clothes, sitting on a pile of treasure with all the possibilities the world has to offer, all the while playing a solid gold violin and lamenting about how hard her life is. Just stick a fucking gun in your mouth and keep pulling the trigger until you run out of bullets to spare us your endless whining about how hard it is to have money and fame you fucking waste of space.
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Dec. 4, 2012, 11:23 p.m. CST
Big Movie? Cast Ryan Gosling or Daniel Day-Lewis in the lead role.
by TinDrummer
I'm hoping Francis goes totally big on this one and makes a good old mainstream movie that will satisfy both audiences and critics alike. I'm talking accessible stuff that would give us all joy. Stop with the "i'm against Hollywood" crap and embrace the JOY!
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the rainmaker, tucker, gardens of stone, peggy sue got married, the outsiders, and rumble fish are all solid while not spectacular. I would watch these before 90 percent of the drivel that studios make now. and for that matter, like return of the jedi, godfather 3 is not the best of its trilogy, but still a very good film
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Dec. 5, 2012, 2:22 a.m. CST
Do not understand the hate towards Coppolas more recent output...
by Jay
Youth Without Youth was a master at the top of his game. Apparently anything beyond the standard 3 story arc is too hard to follow. What's symbolism you ask? That's tomorrows lesson... Tetro was ok. I appreciated it more for technical skill than as a story. If Twixt was a film by David Lynch, you'd be stroking it like you do all his films. And deservedly so. Like Inland Empire, I've never seen a film portray dreams as authentic as they were in this. There's a reason it was critically acclaimed in France and Europe. They tend to appreciate real expression in art. Coppola is a REAL auteur making his most personal films to date. How anyone could shit on him and claim to be a film-nut but is beyond me. What's that?!?! A new Superman poster! Quick, let me pre-order Mondos take on it!
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Youth Without Youth flawed but interesting. I'll still watch anything Coppola does.
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Not to mention the enormous weight of "making 119 tho a year after taxes. " :-|
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...any takers for Coppola Jr's forthcoming Charlie Sheen resurrection..? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWijct7LzAE
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That came after Dracula (which was terrific, btw). I loved that movie, and both critics and audiences loved it too. After that, he has had some highs and lows in generally low budget, personal films. Personally, I'm very happy to see a man of his huge talent back making a big, ambitious studio film.
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There will be one eventually. As sure as the sun rises. Stone did a part 2 to Wall Street. Stallone did both Rocky and Rambo. Scott's going back to Blade Runner. .... so will Coppola. Come to think of it. Hmmm... Maybe Lucas did the right thing with his "legacy".
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Dec. 5, 2012, 12:53 p.m. CST
If this film has a trade dispute, a jailbait emo queen and a mop haired little fucka saying YIPEEEE! Then you know who is to blame....
by SmokieGeezer
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Dec. 5, 2012, 12:57 p.m. CST
PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED is my fave of Francis output. I dont give a shit for GODFATHERS or APOCOLYPSE NOW both glorify the negative violent age we live in...
by SmokieGeezer
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Most of his movies are dense, stodgy, overwrought and an inexcusably vain execution of artistic or dramatic pretentiousness. the rest of his work is bland garbage. I could not care less about this announcement.
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Dec. 5, 2012, 1:43 p.m. CST
Yeah because Coppola has been doing SMASHING HITS for the past couple of decades eh
by Ricardo
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Dec. 5, 2012, 2:01 p.m. CST
smokiegeezer, I'M A SENSITIVITY TRAINER, YOU FUCKING FAGGOT!!!FACT!!!
by CreepyThinMan
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How does anyone read this, knowing Coppola's history with Lucas, and think it could be anyone else?
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Dec. 6, 2012, 1:30 p.m. CST
One from the Heart- one of the best original soundtracks ever.
by 2for2true
FACT that, fuckers.
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To say that it's one of the worst movies ever made is to understate the case.
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