The next story comprises spoilers for The Many Saints of Newark.
When The Many Saints of Newark dropped on HBO Max and in theaters final month, it represented a return to the realm of The Sopranos that followers have not experienced since the distinctive HBO sequence ended in 2007. Whereas the film obtained one thing of a blended, polarized reaction from every critics and followers, one thing it has undoubtably sparked is an further renewed curiosity in the already-incessantly contemporary sequence. And now we’re hearing straight from the horse’s mouth—aka, the CEO of Warner Bros.—that extra Sopranos will be on the arrangement in which.
It stands to spark a engaging conversation about what audiences need most via shows in the streaming technology. The Sopranos, in its fashioned originate, is as cease to a consensus masterpiece as one thing. You hear a range of detractors for Recreation of Thrones (the ending specifically), there are folk here and there who originate no longer like Breaking Irascible, or who aren’t entirely feeling The White Lotus, or irrespective of. You very no longer incessantly ever hear from any individual who did no longer esteem The Sopranos.
And but it stands to compose us wonder, upon the lukewarm initiate of the film, if taking place the boulevard that produced that identical product is truly what audiences need. Constructive, it can maybe technically be the realm of The Sopranos. But at some level it stands to wonder if attempting to tap correct into a inventive direction of that created greatness 15+ years ago is no longer moderately as effective as looking into why that direction of labored, and what’s going to also be tweaked to derive identical and updated outcomes for the contemporary age.
Easy, or no longer it is worth taking this news at its face fee. A brand contemporary Sopranos sequence would undoubtably derive a big target audience, and even the say’s followers who weren’t entirely into The Many Saints of Newark would presumably at least be queer to take a look at the say out. There are a mode of further reviews in Tony’s existence that could well also be educated, although we enact already know how or no longer it must flip out.
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That is what else we know about a doable Sopranos prequel or Many Saints of Newark sequel spinoff sequence:
Will there be a Sopranos prequel sequence?
WarnerMedia CEO Ann Sarnoff confirmed in an interview with Minimize-off date that there were ongoing discussions with Sopranos creator David Rush to raise viewers extra of that world, despite the film’s underperformance on the sphere issue of job. “It’s given it a completely contemporary existence,” she mentioned. “We’re speaking to David about a contemporary sequence Sopranos-connected on HBO Max. [The Many Saints of Newark] actually lifted the Sopranos franchise in a contemporary arrangement, so that that it is seemingly you’ll’t measure it in and of itself in the sphere issue of job.”
So, that’s no longer an legitimate affirmation, nonetheless it indubitably sounds like The Sopranos returning—doubtless in the originate of a prequel build after The Many Saints of Newark nonetheless earlier than the Sopranos pilot—is in play.
What would or no longer it is about?
The Many Saints of Newark leaves viewers in a issue the build they’ll be involved to glimpse what occurs subsequent. Dickie Moltistani (Alessandro Nivola) has factual been whacked, killed by Uncle Junior Soprano because he disrespected him for falling down some steps and hurting his again. But Tony (Michael Gandolfini) doesn’t know this, and clearly has some plans to if truth be told derive into the family replace after the death of his mentor.
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David Rush has mentioned that a prequel sequence would take issue after Many Saints and earlier than Sopranos, and Gandolfini confirmed that he could well maybe look some animated reviews being urged about the persona in that timeframe. But he doesn’t are looking out for to play Tony too cease to the the time duration when his father did.
“I’m no longer so noteworthy attracted to taking part in 30-year-outdated Tony,” he mentioned in an interview with Uproxx. “I have confidence it there’s a engaging section after this movie, earlier than the say, that we are succesful of detect one thing about Tony that hasn’t been explored, in his formative years, in his 20s. After that, we’re getting a tiny too outdated.”
Who will most doubtless be in the solid?
This could well presumably be the trickiest section of pulling collectively this Sopranos prequel solid. The Many Saints of Newark established the actors who play the younger versions of the Sopranos characters followers had been already prolonged mindful of—and they’re moderately fundamental. A sequence centered on Tony Soprano would clearly must megastar Michael Gandolfini, who has mentioned he’d be attracted to returning. But it indubitably would furthermore absolutely must embody his of us, Livia Soprano (performed in the film by Vera Farmiga) and Johnny Boy Soprano (performed by Jon Bernthal), who are every very busy actors who could well maybe unbiased no longer be ready to sign onto a sequence.
The identical goes for Corey Stoll (who performed Uncle Junior), Billy Magnussen (who performed Paulie Walnuts), John Magaro (who performed Silvio Dante), and Leslie Odom Jr. (who performed doubtless antagonist Harold McBrayer). These are all tall-establish, busy actors, who will be advanced to agenda for a contemporary sequence on the identical time. But by no methodology enlighten by no methodology—and furthermore originate no longer depend out an appearance from Ray Liotta because the Jazz-loving Salvatore ‘Sally’ Moltisanti. Even if he’s in jail, he turned into once serene an crucial section of Dickie Moltisante’s existence, and younger Tony could well maybe undoubtedly apply in some footsteps and lumber pay him a check with.
Evan Romano
Evan is an affiliate editor for Males’s Effectively being, with bylines in The Unusual York Times, MTV News, Brooklyn Journal, and VICE.
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