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Flash mob: The Sopranos prequel The Many Saints of Newark UK streaming release date

The cast of The many saints of Newark

The Sopranos prequel movie, The Many Saints of Newark, will premiere on premium video on demand October 25, following its limited cinema run.  Setting the scene for the award-winning HBO drama series, the film takes place in the late sixties, at the time of the Newark race riots. 

Rival gangsters are rising up to challenge the show’s all-powerful DiMeo crime family’s hold over the city. Caught in the middle is a young Anthony Soprano, and the uncle he idolizes, Dickie Moltisanti, whose influence will help turn the impressionable teenager into the all-powerful mob boss viewers later come to know as Tony Soprano.

During its six-season run, The Sopranos was honoured with 21 Primetime Emmy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, and two Peabody Awards. It’s widely regarded as one of the most influential television drama series of all time.

Alan Taylor (Thor: The Dark World), who won an Emmy for his directing work on the original show, directs from a screenplay by series creator David Chase and Lawrence Konner. The film was shot on location in New Jersey and New York, and features several characters from the original series. 

The film was shot on location in New Jersey and New York, and features several characters from the original series…

Alan Taylor directs on the set of The Many Saints of Newark
Director Alan Taylor won an Emmy for his directing work on the original show

The ensemble cast stars Alessandro Nivola (American Hustle), Tony winner Leslie Odom Jr. (Broadway’s Hamilton), Jon Bernthal (The Punisher), Corey Stoll (First Man), Michael Gandolfini (The Deuce), Billy Magnussen (Game Night), Michela De Rossi (Boys Cry), John Magaro (The Finest Hours), with Emmy winner Ray Liotta (Goodfellas) and Oscar nominee Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air).

The creative team includes director of photography Kramer Morgenthau (Creed II, Thor: The Dark World), production designer Bob Shaw (The Wolf of Wall Street, as well as The Sopranos), Oscar-nominated editor Christopher Tellefsen (A Quiet Place) and costume designer Amy Westcott (The Wrestler).

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