When it was release in 1990 , conductor Francis Ford Coppola’sThe Godfather : Part IIIwas met with a mixed critical and commercial-grade response . Picking up the story of Michael Corleone ( Al Pacino ) , who was last seen in 1974’sThe Godfather : Part II , many fans mat have down .
Now , they might require to consider giving themoviea second look . Varietyhas announced that in December , Paramount will release a fresh edited version of the film , manage by Coppola , that will also include a novel ending .
The new interpretation , titledMario Puzo ’s The Godfather Coda : The Death of Michael Corleone , is suppose to be closer to what Coppola andThe Godfatherauthor and screenwriter Mario Puzo had in mind for the closing chapter of the picture show serial publication . consort to Coppola , the movie will feature a fresh beginning , terminate , and scenes that have been “ rearranged . ” Coppola calls it a “ more appropriate conclusion ” to the saga , which he never considered to be a trilogy . The third film , he says , wasintendedto be more of a coda , which is now reflected in the title .
Coppola also stated that the edit might change public percept of the performance give by his girl , misplace In Translationdirector Sofia Coppola , who was 19 at the time she played Mary Corleone , Michael ’s girl . The younger Coppola received jolly abyssal recapitulation for her acting at the time of the film ’s release .
Owing to the ever - changing theatrical landscape , it ’s not recognize whether the new edition will make it to theaters , as Paramount has suggested , or whether it will screen atdrive - ins . Either way , the studio also plan on a digital and videodisk release .
Paramount had spent age trying to get a third film off the ground , at one pointsuggestingthatSylvester Stallonewrite , lineal , and star . Stallone declined .
[ h / tVariety ]
