but it wouldn't

Toni_corleone is right, it wouldn't happen.

Why?

Because Luca Brasi is a minor, supporting character in the Corleone saga and as interesting as he is as an appendage to the MAIN story, not worth bringing his fabricated offspring just for the sake of stretching to ridiculous lengths a classic story which has ENDED.

It is not a movie.
And if it were, it would be a bad one.



NO PART FOUR
NO PART FOUR
NO PART FOUR
NO PART FOUR

Apple

Whasa matta whichu eh? Anyone who thinks that Vin Diesel should have anything to do with Don Corleone needs to go get some counsel from his family.

Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes - his children?

Act like a man!

Maybe some people didn't hear me the first time I said it so here goes again: I have nothing on which to base this on and I'm sorry to those who want a Part IV (I used to be in this group) but I just don't think it will be done. When Mario Puzo (R.I.P.) died any legitimate hope of a Godfather IV died with him. Unless F.F.C. teams up with like Martin Scorcese and/or Bryan Singer and Christopher McQuarrie (or some other extremely talented director/screenwriter Tarantino or Spielberg or De Palma for example) The Godfather Part IV without Al Pacino would be a disaster.

Ok, no part IV, I agree.

But.....if it happens, are you going to watch it?
I am. :p

I'll probably avoid it as long as I possibly can...until Don Cardi goes out and buys me the DVD !!!

Apple

a GF4 would be the a tradegy. the story is complete.
Even the police academies had to come to an end

Godfather III is already that tragedy, unfortunately in more ways than one.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0418068/

The Godfather 4 will be the story of Vince Mancini. He will be going back to the casino business where he will personally oversee the operation of one of his biggest casinos. 11 people will conive to rob him and they will succeed.

His wife will be a raging alcoholic....Connie will marry a boxer who, after years of being a champ, will go bankrupt. Connie will end up working in a petshop in Philly.

Casts:

Vince Mancini: Andy Garcia
Wife: Meg Ryan
Robbers: George Clooney and Matt Damon (among others)
Connie: Talia Shire
Boxer: Silvester Stallone.

ah, that's when she met Rocky!!!!

I cant understand the pessimism on this board like you have some vested interest in writing these scripts. Godfather 3 was not that great but it had the actors you want and the director. If 4 were made why would it automatically be worse than 3? I think it would easily be of equal quality to GF3 and any other movies coming out today. To all the 1 & 2 eliteists remember that most of 2 wasnt "written" by Puzo himself and if his script exists then with slight modification it could be made new and turn into a decent flick. And Luca Brasi easily could have had a child nowhere in the novel does it mention the murder of his child happening more than once. Its clearly stated that the main reason for the murder was his race. Luca could easily have bastard children around from before the don had taken him as his hitman

Luca Brasi is not the focus of the story, nor could he ever be. There is a reason he played only a minor role in both the novel AND the film. A character like that is very compelling, very interesting as a supporting role. To drum up a Luca Brasi story just for the sake of getting a GFIV off the ground it something akin to grasping for straws.

And that's just exactly what ANY attempt at a GFIV would be...grasping for straws.

Paper straws. The kind like when I was a kid...that would shrivel and crumble to shreds the minute they were used.

Apple

I'm starting to side with Apple on all things concerning Part IV. I've actually known it all long, but it took her to bring it to light for me. It's still fun to think about future storylines, but it would be an impossible task to make a Part IV work and have it feel like a Godfather movie.

Like Apple has said, after Mary's death, Michael Corleone is a shell of his former self. I can see him becoming catatonic and barely being functional. He now needs help to go to the bathroom. If the silent scream taught us anything, it's that Michael Corleone died there on the steps even though his heart is still "beating." So there goes the possibility of making a Part IV about him, unless you like lots diaper changing.

So any Part IV would have to place Michael in a supporting role, if in a role at all. I feel that a Part IV would have to involve Vincent because he controls the family and if Michael Corleone was the focus point of the trilogy, a part IV would have to focus on the person he made head of the family, which is Vincent. He's basically become Michael and will face a lot of the same things Michael faced when he was running the show.

We've seen the rise to power, the glory days of Vito and the gang in Part II -- and like Apple said, making a Part IV with minor characters in major roles is grasping at paper straws. Vincent is now the Don, like it or not, and any furtherment of the story would have to be around him.

I originally liked the idea about flashbacks to younger Sonny, just like young Vito in Part II -- but this would take away from the movie. Part IV needs to be about Vincent and the last remains of the Corleone family. Do they succeed or fail. And how do the characters change? Sure there can be references to Sonny, but they would be better served in dialogue instead of flashbacks.

So there you have it, IMO. Part IV involves Vincent -- without flashbacks to a young Sonny. When Anthony falls into the family life, the final nail is sealed on the Corleone coffin. Family business destroys the family. I know that theme has been used before, but I think it would be fitting here.

No one here implied Luca was the focal point of the stories but that doesnt mean a Capo or soldari with the last name Brasi or knowledge of his father with the whores last name. Any movie is a grasp at a straw and until you see it and decide its quality. no movie is guaranteed
I think that GF4 could be an engaging look at the fall of americas most prominent family. If you go back and read some of the real history of the mafia i think it offers endless storylines, with the changing of the guards in New York whos to say that the Corrleones final powerplay will be returning to claim there territory in new york through Clemenzas family

You're trying to take an essential yet VERY MINOR character in GF and trying to build a story around him to validate a sequel of a sequel of a sequel. It would not work with Brasi anymore than it would work with Al Neri, who had quite a colorful background of his own in the GF novel.

We already had an 'engaging look' at the fall of The Corleone Family. It was called GF/GFII. Michael may have strived somewhat to bring it back in GFIII, but the death of Mary was a MESSAGE...you get it? A MESSAGE!!!

Fine, then go make a movie about the real history of the mafia, or better yet create a new fictional one because the story of the Corleone Empire is OVER. It died when the last of Vito Corleone's sons died. It is not about the capos, the bodyguards, the buttonmen. It was about the Corleone Family and it's OVER.

Best,
AppleOnYa

I think that , a great history could be if after mary´s death , and vincent the new don ,break down The Impere , but after that , vincent could die and Anthony will get Don ,changed his way and personality like his father did when michael was young , then always begin againg, obviosly whith same of blood...

It sounds good,but do you really think they should take the chance of making that film??? I mean I can say that it is my personal opinion that Micheal and the origenal family are onlyones I care about. I don't care about Vincent. I don't care about Luca Brasi's children. It might make a neat little short story,but that's it. You can never recapture the spirit and the phenomonon of the origenal Godfather beacause times have chaned. It will never be the same, not even with FFC or Pacino. And others will agree with me. It is all about money. That is why the studios would do this.No one these days ever comes up with something origenal anymore,it's all remakes or needless sequals. And I'm FED UP!!!!!!!!!!

Give It Up Guys....

NO GODFATHER IV

Sorry ... Trust Me I'm Don Dallal

I am not sure if I would want Al Pacino in GF4.

I do think that they should take a similar approach as in GF1. Less known GOOD actors to make GF4. Andy Garcia stays and could be the Marlon Brando status of the film as far as "Well known actor" - not equating him to Brando except that he is well known.

I think what fascinates people with the idea of making a godfather 4, is the simple fact that it would be better than most of the crap that's churned out right now. For God's sakes they gives us Ocean's 11-2011 but they can't figure out a Godfather 4?!!!

There is no guarantee that it would be better though. And imagine if it would be worse... Part III takes a lot of heat and I don't even think it was that bad. Yeah, compared to perfection even good movies feel flawed, and that's what happened to Part III.

But the difference between the GF and the Ocean's movies is that all the characters are still alive. That series never had what was supposed to be the definitive end to the series like the GF had. So it doesn't feel like much of a stretch when they make an Ocean's sequel or a sequel to any other Hollywood franchise nowadays?

I have always wanted a Godfather part 4 and probably always will. However with the actor who played Al Neri now dead, I believe making this movie would be like starting from scratch with just Vincent as the main character. Also with storyline from GF3 as well as the length of time in between GF2 and GF3 it makes part 4 very difficult. I always wanted them to bring back Frank and Santino jr. as well as Victor and Micheal Rizzi, but where they in GF3? If they want to do more for the Godfather franchise they might consider taking the approach the Star Wars franchise did and perhaps telling old stories. Maybe stories about Vito's father and then Sonny. More than anything they ought to do a movie about the Lost Years between parts 2 and 3.