The Sopranos prequel film

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    ‘Sopranos’ Prequel Film From David Chase Picked Up by New Line - IMDb

    New Line Cinema announced Thursday that it has picked up “The Many Saints Of Newark,” a feature film script written by David Chase that will serve as a prequel to his famous TV series, “The Sopranos.”

    The film takes place in the 1960s, when riots swept through Newark, NJ, and conflicts between African-American and Italian residents were at their worst, especially amongst the gangsters.

    Several characters from the “Sopranos” are expected to appear in the film, though New Line will not disclose further plot details.

    This sounds interesting IMO, even by itself. I enjoy a good mafia tale.
     
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    It always bums me out when someone can't move on from something that made them famous.
     
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    Gandolfini is dead so he's not appearing in anything. I think the actor that played Junior is also dead, and if it takes place in the 60s, why would any of the original cast be there?
     
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    It says several of the characters are expected to appear - not the actors who portrayed them. Which makes sense if it's a prequel of The Sopranos vs. just being a mob movie. The articles about it state that it would feature younger versions of Tony, Livia (Tony's mom) and Uncle Junior since it would apparently follow the story of Tony's dad in the 60's.
     
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    I think Paulie Walnuts should be played by the same actor and look exactly the same in the 60s. Silver wings and all. That would be hilarious!
     
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    eh, there was a time that I was really into the Sopranos... but I'm way past that point now...
     
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    The origin story of the Bada-Bing
     
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    Just when you think you were out, they reel you back in
     
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    Sorry guys the prequel has already been made

     
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    Another show I need to start watching, especially since I have been watching on repeat an AMV of the theme song with footage from Cowboy Bebop on YouTube ad nauseum.
     
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    I'd be interested in watching this. Would be cool to see a young Johnny Boy Soprano and Junior cracking skulls, lol. And a bitchy Livia busting Johnny's balls.

    A young Paulie would of course be this era's version of Christopher Moltisanti.

    Can't forget to include Hesh, Carmine, and Richie.
     
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    Been re-watching The Sopranos...halfway into season 5 and I wanted to look something up about the Sopranos... and just learned a prequel was a thing! :eek: 

    Guess a young Tony Soprano is set to appear, played by Gandolfini's son.

    I've been under a rock for years apparently. :confused: :p 
     
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    Who knows when we'll see it, though. They were just about to start reshoots when the shutdown started. I could be a while before they're back at work to shoot the rest of the movie.
     
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    Hmm, no one brought the trailer here.



    I've been skeptical of this since it was announced. Still am, but this is a good trailer. I think Michael Gandolfini is doing a great job channeling his father. And bringing Chris's father, Dickie Moltisanti to the forefront (he was to Tony what Tony was to Christopher) was a good move.
     
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    I saw the trailer for this and initially I was kind of curious until learning it was related to the TV show. No thanks. I have no interest in watching a show with a shitty ass ending just to understand a prequel.

    I'll just watch Goodfellas again.
     
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    it doesn't
     
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    It's a great ending. It's just not Scarface's ending. Or The Godfather's. Or even like American Gangster's (which seems to be the direction it's heading for a moment there). It's quieter, realer, and a little more experimental than any of those things, which puts it right in line with the show that preceded it.

    It's reputation came from a casual audience that was expecting a shootout, or an arrest, or an all out gang war. The kind of stuff the show was never really about but that the people who were watching for the novelty of violence and nudity and cursing on TV were all about.

    But even if you don't like the last episode's ending, there's eighty five fully formed stories preceding it. Part of what's so great about the Soprano's was that it worked both as episodic and serialized television, every week was a new little mob movie that was satisfying in it's own right, even better when viewed as part of a whole
     
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    I never understood the controversy. I know David Chase came out a couple of years ago and said the final scene was a death scene... but I am still shocked so many people needed their hands held to realize that.
     
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    I think the issue is the creator had to come out and said what it was suppose to be instead of just showing it clearly to everyone.
     
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    He was mad at himself for letting it slip too. For years his go to was “It’s all there”. And it is! It’s about as clear as it could be without an audible bang, and that would sort of defeat the purpose (“You probably don’t even hear it.”)

    Sopranos is more experiential than plot driven. Which is not what casual audiences are used to, they wanted to see what happened to Tony, exactly how we got there, who was behind it, etc. But instead, we’re with Tony, until the end. We experience it the way he does. And Tony never saw it coming.

    But the episode opens with Tony, face up, eyes closed on white sheets as organ music plays, following a season that was all about death and finality and people talking about what they think dying is like and what does or doesn’t happen after. Chase was right, it is all there
     
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