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This is one on my list.
"I have this Nightmare. I'm on 5th avenue watching the St. Patrick's Day parade and I have a coronary and nine thousand cops march happily over my body." Chief Sidney Green
Re: The Official "The Many Saints of Newark" Thread
[Re: edimeo25]
#1014621 06/26/2109:22 PM06/26/2109:22 PM
If David Chase wasn't involved, my hopes would be minimal. I think it'll be fine, plus Chase has had an unprecedented opportunity to fine tune the hell out it should there have been anything wrong with the project.
Some of the plotlines later in the show tended to lag a little but Chase hit the finale out of the park, despite the criticism of the ending.
I still think Frank Renzulli was the best writer on the show. Season 2 felt like it has the best balance between mob stories and Tony's personal family, and it was mostly written by Renzulli. The Scatino storyline is probably my favorite.
My fear regarding Many Saints is that David Chase will do something like Not Fade Away and focus too much on what he's nostalgic for, but he's always treated the mob with a sense of cynicism on the show, which makes the story and dialogue more realistic and interesting, so I think he'll do it here, too.
"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea
Re: The Official "The Many Saints of Newark" Thread
[Re: edimeo25]
#1014808 06/29/2112:56 PM06/29/2112:56 PM
Take it with a grain of salt, I read a while ago that Liotta was rumored to portray Alfano, one of the founders of the family along with Ercole DiMeo. Alfano was never mentioned in the series but he’s in the Sopranos History book by Chase.
Re: The Official "The Many Saints of Newark" Thread
[Re: edimeo25]
#1015987 07/12/2105:49 PM07/12/2105:49 PM
On the "Talking Sopranos" podcast, Imperioli revealed that Liotta is playing "Hollywood" Dick Moltisanti, a previously unmentioned character, Dickie's father and Chris' grandfather. I think they are doing a bit of a retcon here with him and Livia being brother and sister as well. They still haven't said who Joey Diaz is playing, but I'm going to have to assume that he's Big Pussy's father or uncle, some relation. Young Puss is sitting next to Paulie in the car in the trailer too, btw.
Re: The Official "The Many Saints of Newark" Thread
[Re: edimeo25]
#1016131 07/15/2108:30 AM07/15/2108:30 AM
Jon Bernthal - Johnny boy Soprano Corey Stoll - Junior Soprano Vera Farmiga - Livia Soprano Alessandro Nivola - Dickie Moltisanti Ray Liotta - Aldo Moltisanti John Magaro - Silvio Dante Billy Magnussen - Paulie Gualtieri Michela De Rossi - Giuseppina Bruno Leslie Odom Jr. - Harold Samson Moeakiola - Pussy Bonpensiero Alexandra Intrator - Janice Soprano Michael Gandolfini - Tony Soprano Joey Diaz - Lino Bonpensiero
While it seems legit take it with a grain of salt.
This thread from 2018 has some info on Aldo Moltisante and Giuseppina Bruno:
"Quote: We can also reveal that filming on the Sopranos prequel is set to begin in early March of 2019, so casting announcements will be forthcoming over the next couple of months!
Young Tony
Of course it wouldn’t be a Sopranos project if Tony weren’t involved. The Many Saints of Newark will seemingly take place over the course of several years and the studio will be looking to cast multiple actors in the role of Tony. When the film begins, Tony is a first generation 9-year old boy with a passion for the Yankees. The film will follow Tony to age 16 where he is described as a “budding linebacker†with long hair and bellbottoms. According to Sopranos’ canon, Tony was born on August 24, 1959, so we can look forward to seeing the film take place between 1968 and 1975.
This setting would find Tony’s father, Johnny Boy, and his Uncle Junior in their primes working under Dominic DiMeo, the original Boss of the DiMeo Familiy that Tony eventually led. It would also take place near the death of a character that was the inciting factor for a key relationship of the original series…
Dickie Moltisanti
A foot solider for the DiMeo family, Dickie was a minor character in the series, but it was his death and subsequent absence that lead Tony to take in and mentor Dickie’s young son, Christopher. Dickie will be a young man here and while he’s not among the characters we have found out about, it’s almost a certainty that a young Christopher will be present here.
Canonically, Dickie is the first cousin to Tony’s wife, Carmela, and his wife, Joanne, is a Blundetto, making their son Christopher a cousin to the Blundettos, just as Tony is. After Dickie’s death, Tony took care of Christopher, calling him his nephew, though Christopher’s longtime girlfriend Adriana indicated that Christopher and Tony did have a blood relation. In this film, Dickie is described as Tony’s uncle, and a new character may reveal the blood connection described above.
Aldo Moltisanti
By all accounts Aldo Moltisanti is an entirely new character and, presumably, the link to the blood relation of Christopher and Tony. Described as an “elegant wiseguy†in his mid-60s, Aldo is revealed as Tony’s grandfather! The implications here could be huge. We know (or at least we think we do) that Tony’s father, Johnny Boy Soprano, was one of 3 sons born to Corrado and Mariangela Soprano. However, little information is known about the familial connections of Tony’s mother, Livia. In the film, Aldo is newly married to 24 year old Giuseppina Bruno, leaving us guessing as to whom he was previously married and what it might reveal, if anything, about Tony’s lineage. Source."
Seeing as this has been correct on all counts so far, I guess this all but confirms Joey Diaz is playing Lino Bonpensiero. Not surprising. It's a heck of a resemblance!
The only unknown now is who Tony Lip's son is playing. Carmine Lupertazzi or his father? Fat Jerry Anastasia?
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Re: The Official "The Many Saints of Newark" Thread
[Re: edimeo25]
#1016155 07/15/2103:04 PM07/15/2103:04 PM
Well that’s interesting. I didn’t expect the series’ universe to be altered. Then I guess anything can happen. I just hope that we get to see some mob dynamics with new characters, and the racial clashes taking the back seat.
Re: The Official "The Many Saints of Newark" Thread
[Re: edimeo25]
#1017316 08/02/2104:05 PM08/02/2104:05 PM
David Chase Has Some Ideas About Our Continued Sopranos Obsessions A generation ago, the landmark show and its creator blew up our idea of TV. With a new movie prequel, The Many Saints of Newark, on the way this fall, the showrunner returns to the scene of the crime.
All that's been discussed so far is a sequel movie following Many Saints of Newark. Chase has said he would be interested if another if the show's writer/director's expressed interest. Terence Winter has thrown his hat in and is onboard. If this movie does well, it could happen.
Re: The Official "The Many Saints of Newark" Thread
[Re: edimeo25]
#1019875 09/12/2112:39 PM09/12/2112:39 PM
All that's been discussed so far is a sequel movie following Many Saints of Newark. Chase has said he would be interested if another if the show's writer/director's expressed interest. Terence Winter has thrown his hat in and is onboard. If this movie does well, it could happen.
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Re: The Official "The Many Saints of Newark" Thread
[Re: Kese]
#1019894 09/12/2105:54 PM09/12/2105:54 PM
Damn another show in the Sopranos universe would be so fucking great. I hope it won't be too PC though, given the current state of TV. Maybe they throw in young Vito discovering his "preferences" lol.
Re: The Official "The Many Saints of Newark" Thread
[Re: CleanBandit]
#1019940 09/14/2104:28 AM09/14/2104:28 AM
Damn another show in the Sopranos universe would be so fucking great. I hope it won't be too PC though, given the current state of TV. Maybe they throw in young Vito discovering his "preferences" lol.
Chase hasn't made up his mind yet I think, but has plenty of ideas. A show covering the 80s woulde be nice IMO.
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Re: The Official "The Many Saints of Newark" Thread
[Re: MeyerLansky]
#1020125 09/16/2108:21 PM09/16/2108:21 PM
After the movie chase is going to be making an HBO Show about the rise of Tony Soprano in the mob... basically a prequel series to The Sopranos....
Wow really ?!?! Where did you hear that ??
Friend that works at Brillstein They are the agents for David Chase...as long as the movie does what it’s predicted to do in terms of numbers This is 100%. Tony Soprano rise in the mob. Prequel show....
The Many Saints Of Newark whacks all the humor, dimension, and weirdness out of The Sopranos David Chase's slick prequel to his hit HBO series is a massive letdown
According to the cast list on imdb Nick Vallelonga and Joey Diaz are finally confirmed to play Jerry "Fat Jerry" Anastasia and Lino "Buddha" Bonpensiero respectively.
