Sarcastic meme mocking upcoming Godfather reboot casting
Who are Pedro Pascal and Zendaya going to play?
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A new 'Godfather' film is officially in the works. 54 years after the original was released.
Overview
This meme plays on the sentiment that Hollywood lacks original creative output, matching the original source title 'Evil cannot create anything new'. It opens with text stating that a new 'Godfather' film is officially in development 54 years after the original 1972 film was released. It then displays a still of Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone from the original Godfather next to the official The Godfather franchise logo. Below that, a snippet of a post from X (formerly Twitter) user @crushmarxismnow (display name Common Sense Extremists) sarcastically asks 'Who are Pedro Pascal and Zendaya going to play?', mocking the common modern Hollywood trend of casting popular current A-list actors in classic franchise reboots, and implying frustration with the lack of original film projects being produced.
Origin notes
This meme was sourced from 9Gag via an RSS feed, with the original 9Gag title being 'Evil cannot create anything new'. The meme references the real 2024 announcement that a new entry in The Godfather film franchise is in development. The included social media post is from X (Twitter) user @crushmarxismnow, and the meme has been circulated on platforms including 9Gag and X to criticize Hollywood's overreliance on rebooting existing successful intellectual property instead of creating original new stories.
