“The Offer” is a new mini series about the making of one of the all-time classic film, “The Godfather”.
So let’s find out some trivia and facts about the new mini series.
- The Offer is an American biographical drama miniseries
- The series focuses in the development and production of Francis Ford Coppola’s landmark New York City gangster film The Godfather (1972) for Paramount Pictures
- Miles Teller, Matthew Goode, Giovanni Ribisi, Colin Hanks, Dan Fogler, Juno Temple, and Burn Gorman all star
- The miniseries premiered on April 28, 2022, on Paramount+
- The series is set to run for 10 episodes until June 16, 2022
- The project was announced in September 2020 to air on Paramount+
- The story was described from the perspective of producer Albert S. Ruddy
- Armie Hammer was cast to play him in December 2020
- But dropped out the following month
- He was replaced by Miles Teller in May 2021
- In April 2021, Dexter Fletcher was hired to direct several episodes
- Matthew Goode, Giovanni Ribisi, Colin Hanks, Dan Fogler and Juno Temple joined the production in June
- In July Burn Gorman joined as Charles Bludhorn
- Justin Chambers will have a recurring role as Marlon Brando
- In October, Eric Balfour, Michael Gandolfini and Zack Schor joined the cast
- With Balfour playing production designer Dean Tavoularis
- Filming for the series began in July 2021
- It was paused on July 29 due to a positive COVID-19 test
- On August 23, 2021, it was reported that plans to film at the Chateau Marmont hotel in Los Angeles between August 25 to 27 were scrapped after learning about an ongoing labor dispute there
- The miniseries was released on April 28, 2022
- With the first three episodes of the ten-episode miniseries available immediately
- The rest debuting on a weekly basis on Thursdays
- On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the mini series holds a 48% rating
- Based on 44 critics’ reviews
- With an average rating of 6.0/10
- The website’s consensus reads, “Overstuffed with unnecessary subplots and cloying winks at showbiz history, this is an Offer you can refuse”
- Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 49 out of 100
- Based on 25 critics
- Indicating “mixed or average reviews”
- Audiences, however, responded positively with near-universal praise and acclaim for the series
- Especially highlighting the performances by Miles Teller, Antony Ippolito, Justin Chambers, Juno Temple and Matthew Goode
- By May 20, 2022, reception on IMDb averaged 8.5 stars out of 10
- Based on 3,783 reviews
- Audience ratings on Rotten Tomatoes were 95% positive as of May 20, 2022
- With 95% of reviews rating the episodes greater than or equal to 3.5/5 (7/10)
