Executor of the Mario Puzo estate Anthony Puzo replied to Paramount’s suit seeking to block publication by Grand Central of a new Godfather-related book, THE FAMILY CORLEONE, and countersued, looking to terminate Paramount’s original contract for The Godfather and asking for at least $10 million in damages. Like Paramount’s original suit, the filing cites a small portion of language from the original agreement and–like Paramount–the defendant does not attach the actual contracts as evidence. Underneath the claims and counterclaims, however, the dispute appears to be more about the future of The Godfather film franchise than anything else. Attorney Bert Fields, one […]
