As Dune: Part Two makes its approach to the large display screen and Wicked: Part Two is slated for launch, Francis Ford Coppola has one thing to admit about Hollywood’s rising obsession with sequels.
In a latest interview with The Washington Post, the five-time Oscar winner admitted feeling responsible for beginning Hollywood’s endless development of sequels, all resulting from his “petty” calls for whereas making The Godfather Part II (1974).
After the large success of the unique Godfather movie in 1972, Coppola recalled Paramount Pictures pushed him to return as director for the sequel, however he was reluctant to take action.
In an try and keep away from the undertaking, Coppola recommended then-up-and-coming director Martin Scorsese to take over. However, Paramount rejected the concept.
Coppola then made a number of seemingly unreasonable calls for, together with a hefty $1 million paycheck and the addition of “Part II” to the title, impressed by Russian movies like Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944) and Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars’ Plot (1958).
Though Paramount initially thought these calls for have been absurd, they finally agreed, and The Godfather Part II turned probably the most critically acclaimed sequels of all time.
Looking again, Coppola humorously acknowledged that his actions paradoxically contributed to the present follow of numbering sequels.
“So I’m the jerk that began numbers on films,” Coppola stated. “I’m embarrassed, and I apologise to everybody.”
His feedback appear to be a nod to the continued development of “Part Two” movies.
Earlier this yr, Dune: Part Two hit theatres, in the meantime, Wicked: Part Two is ready for launch on November 21, 2025.
