Umm.. this HAS to be a joke!
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"The Godfather 4" to film in Australia?

Posted on Thursday Oct 24, 2002.

Australian Newspaper The Herald Sun has an update on "The Godfather 4". According to the paper, a Hollywood Studio is in negotiations with heads of Melbourne and Queensland about filming the movie there. According to the article, the movie is scheduled to be filming here late next year. "An Australian industry insider said a big Hollywood studio had talks about shooting some of the film in Melbourne and Queensland. Shooting is expected to begin late next year", says the article. "Publisher Random House yesterday confirmed it had signed a deal with the estate of Godfather author Mario Puzo, who died in 1999". Expect plenty of local casting to occur, should Australia agree to take on the production. And why wouldn't they! (as long as Sofia Coppola's not coming for the ride).

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Uhh... WHAT?! :rolleyes:

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Thats it This is not good! I was hoping it would be filmed in Sicily.

Me too! But on the bright side, if they've already made that decision, it sounds like it's a go. Then again, part of the beauty of GF was it's authenticity, including Sicilian locations. I do hope they shoot some there.

TIS

PS Thinking more about it, doesn't the idea of filming in another country since NY/Sicily is where GF began, kind of make it seem "chinsy?" (Nothing at all against Australia I am thinking in terms of authenticy.

TIS

I guess this is normal... a movie fanatic friend of mine told me:

Let's hope they start "fishing" elsewhere! No offense to our folks down under, but this is The Godfather we're talking about here!

LOL! yes it jsut wouldnt be the same without the authentic locations.

Oh My God! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooo!!!!!
This is the worse thing that can possible happen. THE GODFATHER DOWN UNDER!

I hope Dino DeNorentis (sp) is not taking over the Godfather saga. Look what he did to Superman IV!

Is this goona be a comedy? At the Corleone family home Kangaroos(sp?) hopping aroudn the yard. Now what does it mean by casting the locals? Like what parts would they be getting?

so the new Vincent Mancini will be something like that Crocodile Dundee dude, mate!

I think you were talking about Dino DeLaurentis (?)... the man who also produced Hannibal and Gladiator.

If there were actually contacts between movie-studios and Australian authorities the GF4 movie might very well be very close.

it could also just be a plotwise thing, altough I don't think any plot has been notified yet (since the book isn't done yet)...

maybe it's only for the landscapes (who knows, maybe they want Sicily in the 1800's or something)

Pentangeli's Nephew:

"You sit here, on your 3000 acre bunyip station, getting your wobbly boot on... what's he drinking? Fosters cocktails!"

Johnny Fontane Jr:

"He said there'd be Buckley's chance - Buckley's chance - of getting that part!"

Clemenza's son:

"G'Day, Carlo!"

Sonny's grandson:

"He's gonna be at Outback Steakhouse in about an hour..."

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Sorry

[ Aussie slang ]

LOL! anyway i hope dis is just for the scenery....

I wonder if Vincent will be sitting behind his desk with a koala on his lap?

Man, sorry about all the bad jokes - but I hope they mean they'd be using a soundstage there, not actual filming locations! What would we get? "Godfather of the Rings"?? (I know, I know, that was New Zealand )

A soundstage can be anywhere, so that wouldn't be so bad... but of course, this is all just rumor and speculation still

guys, I think we found out how to irritate Geoff to the fullest!!!!

he Don G, here's a message:

the COrleone's moved to Australia because it's closer to Antarctica and they wanna sail to the South Pole to catch some pinguins... or something...

See what he comes up with now, huh!

like you said, only rumours

God, this sounds awful! Somehow I can't picture Vito, or Sonny or Michael or any of the Coreleone family asking for "another shrimp on the barbee" I would like to know what the heck these guys are thinking?

TIS

I agree, if they want to shoot it in australia I isn´t worth of making it. not even watching it.

Let's hope they start "fishing" elsewhere! No offense to our folks down under, but this is The Godfather we're talking about here! [/quote]Yeah, lets hope there only fishing!!! I wonder how much more of this stuff will circulate before we find out what there going to do??

FH

A potential GF Down-under cast
Carrot Top as young Michael
Paul Hogan as middle aged Vito
Olivia Newton-John as Connie

No offense to the Aussies, but I think the 'love-affair the Americans had with the Aussies are over. We are in love with ourselves. AMERICAN PRIDE :p

Yeah, lets hope there only fishing!!!
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Hey, remember what happened when Fredo went fishing?!?!?! What next? Mel Gibson as Donnie Corleone. Maybe there's big money to be made in fixing the cricket and rugby. :rolleyes: "I believe in Australia"...no, just doesn't work

Well guys take it easy. Australia is not my favorite but maybe they don't want to make a 'true' sequel. Most people here think a GF 4 can break down the whole trilogy(maybe Paramount thinks the same), so to prevent this they are setting it up a whole different way. Other places, other way of filming etc.

It's just a guess.

I wasn't a member of this board until I saw the comments about Australia. Am I the only Australian here??
Anyway, apparently the Matrix was a big hit, and that was made in Australia. What's so bad about Oz? It's not all kangaroos AND I HATE STEVE IRWIN!!!! That is NOT a real Aussie accent, he is SO faking it!!
Really, would it being filmed in Australia irritate you all THAT MUCH?? I read that someone posted that if it was filmed here it wouldn't be worth watching. Why? Can I please hear the reasoning behind the answer? Everyone keeps saying- "Australia?? NOOOO!!" Why??? If it's about accents- were there any Aussies in the Matrix?? (i can't remember-only seen it once)Simon Baker in The guardian is an aussie. Can you tell? (i have no clue)
If you think that we sound funny, you should hear yourselves!! 2 weeks sgo i met this 22 year old guy from New York, and iI felt like I was on an episode of seinfeld- NO JOKE!! It was eerie.
Maybe it'll just be in Australia so that they can save money. Like in the Matrix, they'll pretend to be in America, and Australia will probably have nothing at all to do with the plot. I betcha that they won't even mention the country throughout the entire movie.
I'm reading all this slang that you've put in your posts and I find it all very entertaining. koalas?? Yeah I've held one- ONCE. At a theme park. And like Americans don't have barbecues. Please.
You all seem to assume that they'll be casting Aussies with speaking roles. Probably not- or IF it is filmed here, they'll have to pretend to sound American- which we do half the time anyway, cos your accent cracks us up.
And to whoever said
No offense to the Aussies, but I think the 'love-affair the Americans had with the Aussies are over. We are in love with ourselves. AMERICAN PRIDE
that just backs up the insulting remarks that most Australians make about you.
NO OFFENSE
I have no idea why I'm so defensive. My apologies if I irritated anyone, but these comments expressed what little you know about Australia- or are you just exaggerating? Personally I really hope that these posts weren't serious. If they were, i shall crack up laughing, then kill steve Irwin and Paul hogan for making the entire 18 million of us aussies look stupid.
- Kat
P.S- I have never heard anyone say G'day (except those absurd characters in Aussie movies)

Kat 666,

First of all, my apologizes if you were offended. The reason all of us are against filming of the GF in Australia is NOT a put-down to Australia or its citizens. It's simply because the GF series is based around the Italian crime family, and to see them operate from Downunder is not very realistic for the film. The first three were filmed in NY and Sicily,( and Vegas) and I (and I think the others) feel that filming anywhere else would take away from the authenticity of the story.

Believe me it is nothing against your great Country at all. We do have some from Down Under on this board, hopefully we can hear from them as well, as they are GF fans and can let us know how they feel.

Once again, I apologize if you were offended, but the comments made were not meant as a put down to Australia, only to the movie people considering filming there.

TIS

I don't mean to offend anyone either. but the Godfather is a NYC, Las Vegas and Sicily story. FFC and company took pride in keeping the locations authenic. Now that it being violated-which is truly unforgiveable. The Matrix was good, but it is SCI-FI/Fx picture. Therfore, location was not too important.

I didnt mean to offend anyone. But i just felt that the Godfather would better off keeping its traditon of accurate locations. I love the matrix....but DeathKiss is right it didnt need an accurate location. And my post about the kangaroos...that was a joke .

Kat666, it is in no way an insult to your beloved Australia. It's the fact that it's The Godfather. A Sicilian immigrant making his mark in organised crime in New York. Francis Ford Coppola the director made such an effort to get the set and mood accurate. If we heard The Godfather to be filmed in my country England the results of all these answers in this thread would be the same. I wouldn't even want it filmed here. It wouldn't be authentic enough.

All my posts were tongue-in-cheek as well, of course! Australia is one of the places I'd love to visit because it seems like such a beautiful country! Didn't mean to offend - Me dispiace! Was just trying to be funny w/ such funny news. Had they said Ireland or Armenia, I'd've done the same thing

And when they mentioned the USA???

I'd pick on the U.S., too, if it wasn't New York, New Jersey, Nevada, or Florida - I'd accept Chicago and Philadelphia and other popular Mob hangouts. Just keep out of Montana or Wyoming unless they're gonna wack someone

Why care where they film the inside scenes? The movie set could be located in downtown Baghdad. But obviously the outside on-location scenes must be in NY/Sicily or wherever the storyline dictates. Afterall, parts of GF1 were filmed on hollywood sets anyway.

don't say that man, they might have some story of "The Corleone's Changing The Australian Mafia For Ever" or something

Do they grow 's Down Under? Not to offend. but The Don is right, the Godfather must take place in ethnic mob locations.

Kat666, dont be offended At least we got you out of the 'shadows' and onto the board. Australia is a beautiful place..and it's no swipe at Australia as such. I would feel the same if they said they would come and film the GF in England, I'd think WTF..forgetaboutit. The matrix was a fantasic film too. I didnt know it was filmed in Oz and it made no difference to my enjoyment either way.
Surely you wouldnt want to see an 'Aussie GF' location film though? The authenticity of the scenery and surroundings is a good part of the films and much appreciated by me and I think most others too. That is what we poked fun at..as Dons Advisor politely pointed out, it would probably only be for inside scenes anyway.
I'd like to welcome you here anyway, stay and post, we're ok really I admire your patriotism too

FH