“The Sopranos” could have a prequel series on HBO Max

“The Sopranos” could have a prequel series on HBO Max

Ann Sarnoff, executive director of studies and networks of WarnerMediasaid to the site Deadline that the company was “delighted” with the results of “The Many Saints of Newark”. “We are talking to David about a new series, related to The Sopranos, on HBO Max,” he said.

Chase assured if he returned to the world of “The Sopranos”, any potential storyline would take place after the movie, which takes place chronologically in the late 1960s and ’70s and before the original series, which begins around 1998. “There’s only one way I’d do it, and that’s if Terry [Winter] and I could write the script together. I would do that. “

Sarnoff admitted that no final decision has been made on whether the project becomes a series or a feature film, but a series of prequels to “The Sopranos” it is a real possibility.

He admitted that the box office numbers of “The Many Saints of Newark”, starring Alessandro Nivola as Dickie Moltisanti and the son of James Gandolfini, Michael Gandolfini As a young Tony Soprano, they weren’t as big as the company would have liked, but they pointed to the demographics of people returning to movie theaters as one of the reasons. He added that the film had a positive effect on the show, which was released in HBO in 1999.

“You see The Sopranos appear in the top ten series seen on the service and it has given it a whole new life,” he said. “It has literally lifted the entire Soprano franchise in a new way. It can’t be measured just by the box office. “

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