Do you wish they made The Godfather: Part IV?
Question, Do you wish Coppola made The Godfather: Part IV?
I've been on a Godfather binge this week and I think Godfather 1 and 2 are probably the greatest movies ever made. I think Godfather III was good, but it has flaws in the film. After III, it looked like Coppola and Puzo were trying to get a fourth film made.
I think around the late 1990s, Coppola and Puzo had discussions on a fourth film. Apparently, they wanted Part IV to be a prequel and sequel similar to the 2nd part. They discussed seeing Vito Corleone and Sonny gaining the families' political power and racketeering empire during the 1930s; and with Vincent Corleone in the 1980s, haunted by Mary's death, running the family business through a ten-year destructive war and eventually losing the families' business interests, respect and power, seeing one final scene with Michael Corleone before his death, completing the 100-year story of the Corleone family's rise and fall.
Robert De Niro, Andy Garcia, Talia Shire were considering returning to reprise their roles, with Ray Liotta & Luis Guzman considered for other roles and Coppola wanted Leonardo DiCaprio to play Sonny Corleone.
It was reported in June 1999, that fourth film and Andy Garcia claimed that the script was almost produced, but after Mario Puzo's death, Coppola decided the retire the series.
I am kind of curious as to how the film would of been made