Never Go Against The Family

Before turning The Godfather into a video game for the PS2/PC/Xbox, EA neglected to make the movie’s director Francis Ford Coppola an offer he couldn’t refuse — good thing, too, because refusing it is exactly what Coppola would have done.

They never asked me if I thought it was a good idea, the Detroit native said. “I went and I took a look at what it was … What they do is they use the characters everyone knows and they hire those actors to be there and only to introduce very minor characters. And then for the next hour they shoot and kill each other. I had absolutely nothing to do with the game and I disapprove,” he said. “I think it’s a misuse of film.”

We smell a horse head or two coming to the offices of EA very soon.

‘Godfather’ creator not happy with game [BigNewsNetwork]