Puzo's son sues Paramount for Godfather game money
by Justin McElroy 
{ Jun 19th 2008 at 12:30PM }
Apparently, a deal was put in place in 1992 that Puzo would get a cut of Godfather audio-visual products due to the skimpy check a then-unknown Puzo got for signing over the rights to his book.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Saria the Cat @ Jun 19th 2008 12:36PM
Well, I'm all for the original creator's rights to seeing the money his creation has made.
WRE (PSN: WorstReviewEver; Gamertag: HaloKissesBoys; Wii Friend Code: 4204-4590-6106-3583) @ Jun 19th 2008 1:26PM
Yeah, I see your point, but the original creator was Mario Puzo and he's dead. I sure do hope that my daddy writes a book so that I can do nothing and get rich...
Saria the Cat @ Jun 19th 2008 1:53PM
@WRE: Whether or not the son is a money-hungry scumbag is not the point. It should go to the author, and if the author is dead, then his family. It's just the principle of the thing. If my parent created a masterpiece and was not going to get the proper credit for it (even post mortem), I'd be pissed.
theturtle363 @ Jun 19th 2008 12:43PM
Obligatory "They'll make him an offer he can't refuse"
sorry
theturtle363 @ Jun 19th 2008 12:45PM
Obligatory "They'll make him an offer he can't refuse"
sorry
Hashbrown Hunter @ Jun 19th 2008 2:34PM
It was only bearable once..,
theturtle363 @ Jun 19th 2008 4:10PM
sorry man none of my posts are registering
Wes @ Jun 19th 2008 12:54PM
I'm thinking if he made the deal with Paramount for a share of the profits, he should likely only be able to sue Paramount for a share of the profits they made for licensing the godfather rights to the development company?
I'm guessing the development company paid maybe $1,000,000.00 to be able to put the words 'godfather' in their title and base it off the book/three movie world/theme?
So if he had a 1% agreement, he probably should be using paramount for $10,000.00 which then probably won't even cover the lawyer fees. Here's hoping the deal he signed got him at least 5-10%
ill trooper @ Jun 19th 2008 1:52PM
I doubt it's as simple as what you've outlined
juju187 @ Jun 19th 2008 1:10PM
way to go big business....
get rich off the little man's ideas
farfisa @ Jun 19th 2008 2:13PM
Suing? That's kinda a wimpy way to settle this.
WizarDru @ Jun 19th 2008 4:27PM
Um, should that read 1972? Puzo was hardly unknown by the time of Godfather III.
time @ Jun 20th 2008 8:34AM
"then unknown" meaning when they originally bought the rights before the first Godfather movie, not in 1992.