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Mario Puzo, the creator of the Godfather books that were eventually turned into the iconic film trilogy, may be due at least $1 million more in royalties. According to court papers filed by the Puzo estate, Paramount and their parent company Viacom are “In material breach of the audio-visual products agreement, [as] Paramount has failed and refused to pay the Puzo Estate the sums due it in respect of the Godfather game.” According to Reuters, “The suit claimed that this agreement was made because Puzo was paid “an extremely low price” by Paramount for the film rights to his book as he was a “young, relatively unknown author, struggling to support his family” at the time.” It sounds like an uphill battle, we’ll see if they can pull it off.
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