Barry Levinson to direct "Francis And The Godfather"

Barry Levinson will direct Francis And The Godfather, with Oscar Isaac starring as Francis Coppola and Jake Gyllenhaal as Robert Evans in a drama about the legendary and wild battles that went into making the 1972 classic The Godfather. The film is based a Black List script by Andrew Farotte that was redeveloped by Levinson. Echo Lake Entertainment’s Mike Marcus, Doug Mankoff and Andrew Spaulding are producing with Kevin Turen, Jon Levin and Baltimore Pictures’ Jason Sosnoff.

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For his part, Coppola (who just did a new cut of The Godfather Part II), has given his approval.

Said Coppola: “Any movie that Barry Levinson makes about anything, will be interesting and worthwhile!”