Sopranos Prequel

[Jangler]

http://variety.com/2018/film/news/sopranos-movie-prequel-david-chase-1202721680/

New Line is developing a movie prequel, currently titled “The Many Saints of Newark,” penned by David Chase. Chase, who created the hit HBO series, wrote the screenplay with fellow “Sopranos” scribe Lawrence Konner.

Some fan-favorite characters from “The Sopranos” are expected to appear in the film — set in the era of the Newark riots in the 60s, when African-Americans and Italians were adversaries. Rivalries turned deadly once gangsters from each side got involved.

 

 

 

[frash.exe]

my father lived through the newark riots. i always loved how the sopranos was centered around essex county and all the landmarks around it that i’m familiar with; the local dialect, etc. the show had a lot of realism and accuracy to it that made up for some of the unrealistic aspects of crime dramas.

i’m thinking this is going to be centered around dickie moltisanti bc “molti santi” is “many saints” in italian.

[Anybodyhome]

I've been binge watching The Sopranos- on season 5 right now.

The Soprano house is in North Caldwell, about a mile from my bro-in-law's house. Sack's Paint & Wallpaper in Dover; he drives Phil Leotardo's car into the back of a truck in Verona.

[frash.exe]

i honestly couldn’t tell you if i liked season 5 more than 4 or the other way around. things definitely took a darker turn in s3. the first two were comparably more hollywood in tone and character development, also the violence in those first two seasons was kind of campy.

[rodeo]

fug yes. make a sequel show too after this.

[Hotsauce]

I’m the biggest Sopranos fan. I can’t wait

[Donald LaFell]

13 hours ago, frash.exe said:

i honestly couldn’t tell you if i liked season 5 more than 4 or the other way around. things definitely took a darker turn in s3. the first two were comparably more hollywood in tone and character development, also the violence in those first two seasons was kind of campy.

I wonder what influence 9/11 had on the show 

[frash.exe]

On 3/10/2018 at 6:08 AM, Donald LaFell said:

I wonder what influence 9/11 had on the show 

that’s certainly an interesting question. some of the dialogue mentions 9/11 (like when bobby starts talking to tony about nostradamus, or when tony beats up georgie bc he was making light of a terrorist threat that tony was theorizing about,) and there’s at least one minor storyline that plays on post 9/11 islamophobia where tony reports two arabic associates of christopher’s to agent harris just bc he wants to have a tighter connection with someone in the FBI. it ends up paying off for tony at the end of the series bc he gets an important tip from harris about phil’s whereabouts.