A New Jersey pizzeria has been hit with a cease and desist over its iconic “The Godfather” logo.

A New Jersey pizza shop just got an offer it couldn’t refuse.

Paramount Pictures demands that (The Doughfather in Monroe Township). It changed its logo and branding, which the film studio claims is very similar to the logo for its famous 1972 film “The Godfather.”

Max D’Amico, pizzeria owner, He told News12 New Jersey he believes the notice It was a joke until he saw the official studio masthead.

He added: “I didn’t mean to hurt anyone, but we will make it right.”

He added that the revised logo would replace the doll’s strings with “a hand throwing a pinch of salt or a thumbs-up.”

D’Amico, who immigrated to the United States as a child, said his admiration for mob classics inspired the store’s name and look.

“It is one of the greatest films ever made.” He told WABC-TV.

“I was seven years old watching the movie with the family. It was a snowy day. We sat there for six hours.”

His wife, Dina, came up with this title.

“You’re ‘dough daddy’.” “You belong to everyone,” she said. New Jersey 101.5 Radio

“At first he was hesitant, but I was like, ‘No, this is how you are.’”

The couple said they worked with a designer to create a logo featuring Max’s silhouette as Marlon Brando’s Vito Corleone — complete with puppet strings. The design appeared on every surface, from pizza boxes to employee T-shirts.

Then the call came from Hollywood.

“They said they called the number but we didn’t have anything. They were sending it to the wrong email,” Max D’Amico told 101.5.

“Then Dina actually picked up the phone and said, ‘What’s going on?’ And she gave the correct email. She says, ‘This thing is real.’ “So let’s fix it right away,” Max said.

“Paramount Pictures is concerned about The Doughfather’s adoption of (the logo),” attorney Christine Sun wrote in the letter, warning that the company could file a lawsuit if the pizzeria does not comply. According to NJ.com.

Sun said the restaurant’s branding copied the film’s “distinctive font design and scenario” and “identical puppet design.”

Despite the dispute, Paramount’s letter stopped short of objecting to the name of the pizzeria itself – allowing D’Amico to keep The Doughfather trademark as long as it did not resemble “The Godfather” and his protected artwork.

The original logo also carried the slogan “Pizza you can’t refuse”, echoing Don Corleone’s famous phrase from the film. This phrase is also being phased out.

Change means redesigning everything from a restaurant’s website to its menus and awning, an expensive process for small businesses.

“The logo on the menus, the website and the restaurant needs to change,” D’Amico said on the radio.

“But we have to keep the name.”

Local officials rallied to D’Amico’s defense.

“This is a family-owned business,” Monroe Town Councilman Charlie DiPiero told Wac-TV.

“They are all hard-working people who help our community.”

Customers took the news personally.

“He’s not making money off the line,” loyal patron Pete Tufano told WABC.

“He makes money off of pizza. He doesn’t make movies. I don’t see a conflict, but the law is the law, and Max is a stand-up guy, so he’ll change logos and comply with whatever they ask.”

The Post requested comment from Paramount Pictures.