The Many Saints Of Newark director teases that film following 'young gangster' Tony Soprano could be next

DailyMail.co.uk ^ | September 20, 2021 | JUSTIN ENRIQUEZ and BRIAN MARKS

[Albion Wilde]

The anticipation keeps building as The Sopranos prequel The Many Saints of Newark is set to be released in just over a week.

But another film or series could already be in the works.

Alan Taylor—who directed The Many Saints of Newark—teased the potential for there to be a movie centered around 'young gangster' Tony Soprano.

The 62-year-old filmmaker told UNILAD on Monday that another prequel for the iconic HBO series could be on the way.

Taylor said the ending of the upcoming flick is a bit open ended and those who are hoping to see Michael Gandolfini portray the rise of Tony Soprano may want a bit more but...

[Albion Wilde]

Whatever. Let's see how the first one turns out. Many, many photos and info about the soon-to-be-released The Many Saints of Newark at the link.

[Albion Wilde]

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[fieldmarshaldj]

A lot of pressure on young Gandolfini to deliver the goods. Regardless, his dad is proud of him.

[dfwgator]

He still doesn’t have the makings of a varsity athlete.

[Seruzawa]

Creativity is dead.

[MayflowerMadam]

We plan to see this. It could be very good (or not).

[Veto!]

I was a huge Sopranos fan. Never missed an episode.

The series is going to be a hard act to follow, Hope this effort is worthy.

[Albion Wilde]

Previous threads:

7/01/21:
When the Sopranos were young: How Tony, Paulie, Junior and Livia make their long-awaited return to screens as their younger selves in prequel film The Many Saints of Newark

7/11/21:
'His father would be very proud': James Gandolfini's widow Deborah Lin says it was 'surreal' to see late star's son Michael playing a young Tony Soprano in The Many Saints of Newark

9/03/21:
Michael Gandolfini opens up about playing Tony Soprano in 'The Many Saints of Newark': 'It's the toughest decision I've had to make'

[Chode]

LOL, sh!t stirrer...

[irishjuggler]

I’m looking forward to this film. Glad I get HBO-Max. As to more prequels... sure, if the son can act, why not?

It’s interesting, though, as this is period drama while part of The Sopranos’ charm was that the juxtaposition of mob life and current times.

Period pieces can be well done. Or not. It’s extremely hard to come close to capturing an era 30, 40, 50 years in the past. Something is usually not quite right whether it’s costumes, dialogue, set design, hairstyles, etc.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

According to the reviews, this is mostly a movie about Dickie Moltisanti, Christophah’s father - young Tony doesn’t even appear until halfway through the movie and is a somewhat peripheral character. I’ll be watching it, but from all accounts it’s not primarily a Tony Soprano movie.