Overview

• Italian newspapers Corriere della Sera and La Repubblica, along with Britain’s The Independent, all report Coppola’s admission to Rome’s Tor-Vergata Hospital for a heart intervention
• Corriere della Sera says the 86-year-old director experienced a pre-surgery heart rhythm irregularity that led to extended medical observation
• People magazine cites an anonymous insider who indicates Dr. Andrea Natale has already performed the surgery and that Coppola is resting comfortably
• Representatives for the director have neither confirmed nor denied these medical reports, leaving his exact health status undisclosed
• Coppola spent part of his summer in Italy scouting locations for a new film scheduled to begin shooting this autumn, underscoring his longstanding ties to the country