“Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone is an acknowledgement of Mario’s and my preferred title and our original intentions for what became ‘The Godfather: Part III.
This new edit, titled Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone, is said to achieve director/screenwriter Coppola and screenwriter Puzo’s original vision for the finale to the trilogy.
Francis Ford Coppola and his production company American Zoetrope worked from a 4K scan of the original negative, doing a frame-by-frame restoration of both the new and the original The Godfather: Part III.
Paramount Pictures has announced a new edit and restoration of Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather: Part III.