“It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Jimmy on the evening of July 6,” read the tweet from his official account. “The family appreciates the outpouring of love and heartfelt condolences and asks that you continue to respect their privacy during this difficult time.”

Caan’s career spanned five decades, but his breakout role was as the eldest Corleone son, Sonny, in 1972’s The Godfather. The role earned him nominations for both the Academy Awards and Golden Globes. Caan reprised the character two years later for The Godfather II.

Amongst those who paid tribute to the late star was Adam Sandler who worked with him on Bulletproof and That’s My Boy.

“James Caan. Loved him very much. Always wanted to be like him. So happy I got to know him,” Sandler wrote alongside a black-and-white portrait of Caan as a young man. “Never ever stopped laughing when I was around that man. His movies were best of the best. We all will miss him terribly. Thinking of his family and sending my love.”

Jennifer Tilly shared an amusing anecdote about her Jericho Mansions co-star.

“James Caan always had the funniest stories. Once he told me Coppola had the habit of grabbing food off his plate & eating it, so one day he made a sandwich with very hot jalapeños between two pieces of buttered bread, & waited outside Coppola’s airstream…” the actress tweeted. “Coppola came roaring out to direct the next scene, grabbed the sandwich off the plate & gobbled it down. Immediately tears started squirting out of his eyes & he started yelling “‘What is this? What did you do to me?!’ And Jimmy said meekly ‘Did I ask you to eat my sandwich? Did I?’”

Caan’s final role will be in 2023’s Fast Charlie which is currently in post-production.

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Paramount Pictures announced that they will release the movie again under Coppola’s original title:  Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone (the original movie was an adaptation of Mario Puzo’s book.) The new movie to be released was fully restored by Coppola and his editors. It includes a new beginning and ending as well as different takes of other shots and new musical cues. According to Coppola, the movie is now a “more appropriate conclusion to the Corleone story.”

The movie’s re-release comes on the 30th anniversary of the original release. It will have a short theatrical run in December 2020 and will then be released to digital and physical media in 2021.

The post “The Godfather Part III” is Getting Re-released with New Cut appeared first on EverydayKoala.

“It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Jimmy on the evening of July 6,” read the tweet from his official account. “The family appreciates the outpouring of love and heartfelt condolences and asks that you continue to respect their privacy during this difficult time.”

Caan’s career spanned five decades, but his breakout role was as the eldest Corleone son, Sonny, in 1972’s The Godfather. The role earned him nominations for both the Academy Awards and Golden Globes. Caan reprised the character two years later for The Godfather II.

Amongst those who paid tribute to the late star was Adam Sandler who worked with him on Bulletproof and That’s My Boy.

“James Caan. Loved him very much. Always wanted to be like him. So happy I got to know him,” Sandler wrote alongside a black-and-white portrait of Caan as a young man. “Never ever stopped laughing when I was around that man. His movies were best of the best. We all will miss him terribly. Thinking of his family and sending my love.”

Jennifer Tilly shared an amusing anecdote about her Jericho Mansions co-star.

“James Caan always had the funniest stories. Once he told me Coppola had the habit of grabbing food off his plate & eating it, so one day he made a sandwich with very hot jalapeños between two pieces of buttered bread, & waited outside Coppola’s airstream…” the actress tweeted. “Coppola came roaring out to direct the next scene, grabbed the sandwich off the plate & gobbled it down. Immediately tears started squirting out of his eyes & he started yelling “‘What is this? What did you do to me?!’ And Jimmy said meekly ‘Did I ask you to eat my sandwich? Did I?’”

Caan’s final role will be in 2023’s Fast Charlie which is currently in post-production.

The post “The Godfather” Star, James Caan, Passes Away appeared first on EverydayKoala.

Paramount Pictures announced that they will release the movie again under Coppola’s original title:  Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone (the original movie was an adaptation of Mario Puzo’s book.) The new movie to be released was fully restored by Coppola and his editors. It includes a new beginning and ending as well as different takes of other shots and new musical cues. According to Coppola, the movie is now a “more appropriate conclusion to the Corleone story.”

The movie’s re-release comes on the 30th anniversary of the original release. It will have a short theatrical run in December 2020 and will then be released to digital and physical media in 2021.

The post “The Godfather Part III” is Getting Re-released with New Cut appeared first on EverydayKoala.