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I don't see the point of saying variations on "we don't have the contract so we don't know". If you don't want the conversation to continue, you can just stop posting.
The facts are: Puzo wrote a book and sold the/some rights to Paramount. After that he co-wrote the screen play for the movie and after that he wrote another book. He died and his son wanted other books written. Paramount agreed, and a sequel was published. The same author published another sequel that didn't have much success, but Paramount didn't contest at the time.
Now Paramount is taking Puzo's son to court based on the rumor that another book is being written based on an unpublished screen play written by the original author. While there is no guarantee that this book will be good, it is at least supposed to be based on the writings of what people might call an excellent author, so it doesn't really make sense that Paramount would accuse Puzo's son of tarnishing "The Godfather".
The rumored screen play was in the hands of Puzo's son, and it is likely that he owns the copyright to it. Is he allowed to have it turned into a book and published?
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