Francis Ford Coppola apologizes for his role in prompting an undesirable Hollywood trend. Considered a master of cinema, Coppola is behind some of the most notable works of the 20th century. Most significantly, he directed the Godfather trilogy, which began with The Godfather in 1972 and continued with The Godfather Part II and The Godfather Part III in 1974 and 1990, respectively. Other notable works by Coppola have included the war epic Apocalypse Now and the surveillance drama The Conversation. This year he directed Megalopolis, which has become one of 2024's most notorious films.

Speaking with The Washington Post, Coppola apologizes for a movie trend he inadvertently started. According to the director, he decided to tack on the "Part II" label to his Godfather sequel after seeing Russian filmmakers do it with the movie Ivan the Terrible. While the studios resisted at first, worrying that moviegoers would think the same movie had been released,...