Armie Hammer Set to Play Producer in 'Godfather' Making-Of Limited Series | THR News - video Dailymotion

Armie Hammer is set to play a producer of 'The Godfather' in a limited series about the making of the movie classic.

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00:00I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.

00:02Armie Hammer has been made an offer he can't refuse.

00:06The actor is tapped to star in The Offer,

00:08a limited series about the making of the Godfather classic.

00:11The Call Me By Your Name and Social Network actor

00:13will play producer Al Ruddy in the making of the series,

00:16which is a 10-episode drama set at Paramount+.

00:18The ViacomCBS streamer, which is set to launch in 2021,

00:22is a beefed-up and renamed CBS All Access,

00:24incorporating titles from across the conglomerate's platforms.

00:27The offer is based on Ruddy's experiences making the 1972 film,

00:31alongside director Francis Ford Coppola,

00:33who also co-wrote the screenplay.

00:35The Godfather went on to win three Oscars,

00:38Best Picture, which Ruddy accepted as producer,

00:40Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Actor for Marlon Brando,

00:44and is widely considered one of the greatest films of the 20th century.

00:47The series will also include previously unrevealed experiences

00:50Ruddy had while making the picture.

00:52As for Hammer, his credits also include On the Basis of Sex,

00:55Sorry to Bother You,

00:56most recently Netflix's Rebecca,

00:58and the upcoming Death on the Nile.

01:00For more on this story, head to THR.com.

01:03For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.