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.
Coming soon: The anticipation keeps building as The Sopranos prequel The Many Saints Of Newark is set to be released in just over a week
Very interesting: Alan Taylor – who directed The Many Saints Of Newark – teased the potential for there to be a movie centered around ‘young gangster’ Tony Soprano in a Monday interview with UNILAD
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 it is ultimately up to writer and producer David Chase.
He explained: ‘I think there’s clearly room for another storytelling experience. Partly because a lot of people come to this movie and they think it’s gonna be Tony Soprano: The Young Years, The Young Gangster… we don’t get there. We set that up, but we don’t get there.
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 it is ultimately up to writer and producer David Chase (pictured in June 2017)
‘At the very least, there’s room for that story to show this young character taking those first steps into that world. Who knows, it could be a movie or a TV thing. It remains to be seen whether David [Chase] really wants to get into that, and how this movie does.’
According UNILAD, without spoiling the new film charts the path of Tony’s gangster beginnings as 22-year-old Michael is in the role that his late father James Gandolfini made famous.
Taylor was asked if he was interested in crafting more of the story.
He replied: ‘It’s funny, I never thought that’d come up as a question because I didn’t think David would ever want to do that. But he started to drop hints towards the end of the movie, and now, maybe he would be open to exploring it more.’
Uncanny: According UNILAD, without spoiling the new film charts the path of Tony’s gangster beginnings as 22-year-old Michael (left) is in the role that his late father James Gandolfini made famous
This comes just weeks after The Many Saints Of Newark released its newest official trailer.
The updated clip gives fans a clearer view of Alessandro Nivola’s character Dickie Moltisanti, who appears to vie for control of an organized crime empire in Newark, New Jersey.
The film, which is set more than 30 years before the start of the iconic HBO series, also charts the rise of Dickie’s nephew Tony Soprano, played by the late James Gandolfini’s son Michael.
Star turn: Alessandro Nivola plays mobster Dickie Moltisanti, as he pushes young Tony Soprano (Michael Gandolfini) toward a life of crime in the newest trailer for The Many Saints Of Newark, which was released earlier this month
The trailer opens with a tense jailhouse conversation between Dickie and Ray Liotta’s character Aldo ‘Hollywood Dick’ Moltisanti, whose name was recently revealed on IMDb.
Liotta’s character has previously been kept under wraps, though his name suggests he’s either the father or a close relative to Nivola’s character.
‘I’ll be honest with you,’ Dickie begins, an ironic preface as most of the Sopranos characters are experienced liars.
‘I want to do a good deed,’ he continues, which may be code for something more sinister.
He looks dapper in a suit and tied as he sits across from Liotta’s character, who is clearly incarcerated and is wearing prison denim.
The trailer opens with a tense jailhouse conversation between Dickie and Ray Liotta’s character Aldo ‘Hollywood Dick’ Moltisanti. ‘I want to do a good deed,’ Dickie says, which may be code for something more sinister
Going dark: ‘I want to do a lot more,’ he continues in voiceover soundtracking a montage of him smirking at a crowded dinner party and then pummeling a man in the face with his fists
Explosive: A hand is seen lighting a book of matches, and its revealed to be Dickie in a follow-up shot as he walks away from a fire he has just set
‘I want to do a lot more,’ he continues in voiceover soundtracking a montage of him smirking at a crowded dinner party and then pummeling a man in the face with his fists.
A hand is seen lighting a book of matches, and its revealed to be Dickie in a follow-up shot as he walks away from a fire he has just set.
Unlike the first official trailer, which was heavily focused on Michael Gandolfini’s version of young Tony Soprano, the character plays second fiddle to Dickie in the newest clip.
‘I’m trying to set an example for my nephew,’ he says as young Tony Soprano (Michael Gandolfini) is introduced.
Tony is in trouble at school, and his mother Livia Soprano (played by Vera Farmiga with a fake nose) gets the news that he’s been kicked out during a parent–teacher conference.
‘I’m always being accused!’ he cries out defensively.
Rising star: Unlike the first official trailer, which was heavily focused on Michael Gandolfini’s version of young Tony Soprano, the character plays second fiddle to Dickie in the newest clip
Bad start: Tony is in trouble at school, and his mother Livia Soprano (played by Vera Farmiga with a fake nose) gets the news that he’s been kicked out during a parent–teacher conference
The trailer also sets up a conflict between Dickie and the new character Harold McBrayer, played by Hamilton’s Leslie Odom Jr.
A shot of Dickie smoking a cigar in his convertible with Tony in the back seat is juxtaposed with an image of Harold walking down a Newark street amid a riot, which escalates until gunmen are firing shotguns from speeding cars.
Dickie’s ruthlessness is illustrated in a scene in an mechanic’s shop as he grabs a power drill while a young Paulie ‘Walnuts’ Gualtieri (Billy Magnussen) holds an unfortunate man down.
‘Dickie, I just got this jacket!’ he says as he fears his yellow blazer will be covered in blood.
Conflict: The trailer also sets up a conflict between Dickie and the new character Harold McBrayer, played by Hamilton’s Leslie Odom Jr.
Tense city: A shot of Dickie smoking a cigar in his convertible with Tony in the back seat is juxtaposed with an image of Harold walking down a Newark street amid a riot, which escalates until gunmen are firing shotguns from speeding cars
Bloody revenge: Dickie’s ruthlessness is illustrated in a scene in an mechanic’s shop as he grabs a power drill while a young Paulie ‘Walnuts’ Gualtieri (Billy Magnussen) holds an unfortunate man down
Fiery scene: The trailer climaxes with fast-cutting violence and the explosion of colliding police cars amid a downtown riot
The trailer climaxes with fast-cutting violence and the explosion of colliding police cars amid a downtown riot.
As Dickie continues his descent into crime, Tony also inaugurates himself as a foot soldier when he attacks an ice cream truck driver with a friend.
Ray Liotta’s wizened character gets the last word from his prison visitation table.
‘Pain comes from always wanting things,’ he tells Dickie, before adding sinisterly, ‘But what do I know. I’m a murderer.’
The Many Saints Of Newark will be released in theaters on October 1 and simultaneously on HBO Max for one month.
Turning rotten: As Dickie continues his descent into crime, Tony also inaugurates himself as a foot soldier when he attacks an ice cream truck driver with a friend
The release of the trailer comes after Michael revealed that portraying a young Tony in the upcoming origin story allowed him to ‘feel closer’ to his dad.
Michael, 22, told The Face magazine in a new interview: ‘Letting myself feel that connection to my dad is really great. It’s there and it’s real, and seeing people moved by it means so much to me. It’s so special that I got to do this.’
The Sopranos started its six-season run in 1999 and the show’s lead James died suddenly from a heart attack in 2013 at the age of 51.
Michael admitted in his interview that he ‘distanced himself’ from the series when his father starred in it, adding that auditioning for The Many Saints Of Newark never ‘crossed his mind’ initially as he ‘didn’t know anything about this character, this world. I want to be my own actor and my own young man’.
Chilling: Ray Liotta’s wizened character gets the last word from his prison visitation table. ‘Pain comes from always wanting things,’ he tells Dickie, before adding sinisterly, ‘But what do I know. I’m a murderer’
He added that he was worried he may audition and not land the role, explaining such an outcome would have been ‘so painful’.
As for what Soprano fans can expect from a younger Tony, Michael told the outlet that he strived to bring ‘the beautiful emotional stuff’ his father kept inside to the forefront.
The young actor added that he was ‘grateful’ to have been previously protected from the show, but insisted he was ‘so proud’ of his dad.
Before filming, Michael watched all six seasons of the show back-to-back, sometimes speeding through an entire one in a day.
‘It was Sopranos 24/7,’ he said, adding that he even ate cannoli every night in a bid to feel more Italian.
Michael – who has just two more semesters until he graduates university – split his time between New York and New Jersey growing up, before going to school in LA.
New role: The release of the trailer comes after Michael revealed that portraying a young Tony in the upcoming origin story allowed him to ‘feel closer’ to his dad
Main man: Michael, 22, told The Face magazine in a new interview: ‘Letting myself feel that connection to my dad is really great. It’s there and it’s real, and seeing people moved by it means so much to me. It’s so special that I got to do this’
Source: Daily Mail