Francis Ford Coppola has disowned EA's forthcoming videogame conversion of The Godfather, according to the Observer yesterday. Apparently the legendary director has expressed fears that the game will be, "a travesty of his Oscar-winning 1972 masterpiece."
Hmm, a bit like Godfather III then?
Still, you have to sympathise. One of the greatest works of Seventies cinema, a complex study of honour, betrayel and identity, turned into a GTA-style shooter with a few cut-scenes lobbed in to give it gravitas and authenticity. EA will need to perform a minor miracle to get this one right. But is 'right' what they're really after?
