The New York Times reports that a prequel to the original titled The Family Corleone will be published some time next year. Source material reportedly comes from an unpublished Puzo screenplay.

Interesting...

May 4, 2011, 12:25 pm The Godfather, Before He Was
By JULIE BOSMAN

Paramount Pictures
“The Family Corleone,” a prequel, by Ed Falco, to the “The Godfather,” written by Mario Puzo, will be published next year. Above, Marlon Brando as Don Corleone in “The Godfather.”How did the Don become the Don? A new prequel to “The Godfather” promises to explain the “unknown history” of how Vito Corleone rose to power in Depression-era New York. Grand Central Publishing, part of the Hachette Book Group, announced on Wednesday that it would publish “The Family Corleone,” a book based on a screenplay by Mario Puzo, in June of next year. Mr. Puzo died in 1999, but the book has the blessing of his estate. “The Family Corleone” was written by Ed Falco, the author of three novels and the winner of a Pushcart Prize. “The Godfather” was first published in 1969 and has sold more than 21 million copies.

(My apologies if this book is discussed elsewhere. You all know I rarely venture out of the fantasy sports threads. )