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If there’s one thing that dampened the exciting news of a “Sopranos” prequel movie it was just that – it was a prequel. In other words, the memorable wolf pack from the HBO series, notably Tony Soprano (the late James Gandolfini), wouldn’t be front and center for the feature, title “The Many Saints of Newark”.
The film instead will focus on Alessandro Nivola’s Dickie Moltisanti, father of Tony Soprano’s future protégé Christopher and a mob soldier who died in the ’70s at the hands of a crooked cop whom Christopher (Michael Imperioli) would later murder on the day of his retirement from the police force.
Co-writer David Chase has good news though – Tony Soprano is indeed a fixture of the feature.
“The movie will deal with the tensions between the blacks and whites at the time, and Tony Soprano will be part of this, but as a kid,” Chase said of the film, to be directed by “Game of Thrones” alum Alan Taylor.
The movie is casting right now, lensing later this year.
To see what else Chase had to say about “The Many Saints of Newark” head over to Deadline.
