Mafia Enforcers Visit Grand Central Publishing in New Book Trailer

Posted on May 4, 2012

Hachette posted an awesome book trailer for The Family Corleone, the prequel to The Godfather which is based on a screenplay by Mario Puzo.

Ed Falco adapted the screenplay into a novel. In the trailer Mafia enforcers pay a visit to the offices of Grand Central Publishing to obtain an advance copy of the book as a "personal favor" to their boss. Brian, the hapless editor, does not want to turn over the galleys because the book hasn't even gone to print. He asks the mobsters what happens if he refuses. At that point they begin to laugh.

Grand Central's Mitch Hoffman tweeted: "No editors were harmed in the filming of this video." Well, they did make him an offer he couldn't refuse.

Take a look:

Here is Hachette's synopsis for the book:

"New York, 1933. The city and the nation are in the depths of the Great Depression. The crime families of New York have prospered in this time, but with the coming end of Prohibition, a battle is looming that will determine which organizations will rise and which will face a violent end. For Vito Corleone, nothing is more important that his family's future."