Uploaded September 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
The Sopranos go back to 1967 to see a young Tony Soprano (Michael Gandolfini) being influenced by his well-intended (but flawed) criminal uncle Dickie, all amongst that race riots that set Newark NJ ablaze.
#TheManySaintsofNewark #MovieReview #TheSopranos
The Many Saints of Newark (marketed with the subtitle A Sopranos Story) is an upcoming American crime drama film directed by Alan Taylor and written by David Chase and Lawrence Konner as a prequel to Chase's HBO crime drama series The Sopranos. The film stars Alessandro Nivola, Leslie Odom Jr., Jon Bernthal, Corey Stoll, Michael Gandolfini, Billy Magnussen, Michela De Rossi, John Magaro, Ray Liotta, and Vera Farmiga. Set in the 1960s and 1970s in Newark, New Jersey, using the 1967 riots in the city as a backdrop for tensions between the Italian-American and African-American communities,[1] the film follows the teenage years of Tony Soprano in the midst of a violent gang war his uncle and family are involved in.
Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema obtained the rights to produce The Many Saints of Newark alongside HBO Films. The film will have its world premiere at the Tribeca Fall Preview on September 22, 2021. It is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States on October 1, along with a month-long simultaneous release on the HBO Max streaming service
The Sopranos go back to 1967 to see a young Tony Soprano (Michael Gandolfini) being influenced by his well-intended (but flawed) criminal uncle Dickie, all amongst that race riots that set Newark NJ ablaze.
#TheManySaintsofNewark #MovieReview #TheSopranos
The Many Saints of Newark (marketed with the subtitle A Sopranos Story) is an upcoming American crime drama film directed by Alan Taylor and written by David Chase and Lawrence Konner as a prequel to Chase's HBO crime drama series The Sopranos. The film stars Alessandro Nivola, Leslie Odom Jr., Jon Bernthal, Corey Stoll, Michael Gandolfini, Billy Magnussen, Michela De Rossi, John Magaro, Ray Liotta, and Vera Farmiga. Set in the 1960s and 1970s in Newark, New Jersey, using the 1967 riots in the city as a backdrop for tensions between the Italian-American and African-American communities,[1] the film follows the teenage years of Tony Soprano in the midst of a violent gang war his uncle and family are involved in.
Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema obtained the rights to produce The Many Saints of Newark alongside HBO Films. The film will have its world premiere at the Tribeca Fall Preview on September 22, 2021. It is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States on October 1, along with a month-long simultaneous release on the HBO Max streaming service
