Decades after the final “Godfather” film and greater than 10 years because the final “Godfather” novel, the story of the Corleone crime household has a brand new chapter, introduced for the primary time from a lady’s standpoint.
Random House advised The Associated Press that it had acquired a “Godfather” novel approved by the property of Mario Puzo and written by bestselling writer Adriana Trigiani. “Connie” is scheduled for a fall 2027 launch and can heart on the Corleone member of the family performed by Talia Shire, sister of director Francis Ford Coppola, within the three “Godfather” movies.
“Connie” is the third “Godfather” e-book accredited by the property and the primary written by a lady.
“’Connie’ is a novel about how a woman works to forge her own way in a world that’s already decided who she is, what she’s about, and how she should be treated,” Trigiani stated in a press release Wednesday. “People underestimated Don Vito Corleone and Michael Corleone at their peril. The same will be true for Connie Corleone.”
Paramount Pictures, which produced the “Godfather” motion pictures,” holds the movie rights. Additional particulars weren’t instantly out there.
Puzo, whose blockbuster 1969 novel “The Godfather,” offered the premise and title for the primary movie, died in 1999 and his property has since battled with Paramount over who controls rights to the Corleone characters. In 2012, the film studio sued to dam publication of Ed Falco’s “The Family Corleone.” After the property countersued, the 2 sides agreed to a settlement that allowed the property to proceed initiating e-book initiatives and awarded movie rights to Paramount.
The remaining launch of the unique “Godfather” trilogy, “The Godfather Part III,” got here out in 1990. The movies all starred Al Pacino as Michael Corleone, Connie’s brother, with different actors showing in no less than one film together with Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall and Diane Keaton. The “Godfather” saga has earned greater than $400 million worldwide and gained 9 Academy Awards, two of them to Puzo within the Seventies for greatest tailored screenplay.
Trigiani, a million-selling writer who wrote of her personal Italian roots within the novel “The Shoemaker’s Wife,” can be recognized for such favorites as “Lucia, Lucia” and “The Queen of the Big Time.” According to Random House, the Puzo property “sought out” Trigiani after she revealed a Substack essay lamenting how little was recognized concerning the Corleone ladies.
“We had been looking for someone to retell the story from a new perspective,” Anthony Puzo, the writer’s son and executor, stated in a press release. “Adriana was knocked out when I told her that the character of Vito Corleone (played in the films by Brando and De Niro) was actually based on my grandmother. We talked about how the women ran both of our families, but behind the scenes. Adriana’s vision for Connie’s life blew us all away. I’m very pleased and excited to have her on board.”
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