The Sopranos creator David Chase in talks with WarnerMedia about prequel series on HBO Max

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    The Many Saints Of Newark may have been met with mixed reviews.

    But in the words of Tony Soprano; ‘believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.’

    The Sopranos creator David Chase is in talks with WarnerMedia about a prequel series on HBO Max according to a Thursday report from Deadline.

    The 76-year-old screenwriter had previously suggested that it could be another feature film with he and Terence Winter writing together but the latest report that it could actually be a possibility as a TV series for the streaming platform.

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    Man with the plan: The Sopranos creator David Chase is in talks with WarnerMedia about a prequel series on HBO Max according to a Thursday report from Deadline

    Man with the plan: The Sopranos creator David Chase is in talks with WarnerMedia about a prequel series on HBO Max according to a Thursday report from Deadline 

    Iconic: The cast of The Sopranos season 1 seen in 1999

    Iconic: The cast of The Sopranos season 1 seen in 1999

    WarnerMedia CEO Ann Sarnoff told the site that the company was ‘thrilled’ with the results of recently released The Many Saints Of Newark and added: ‘We’re talking to David about a new series, Sopranos related, on HBO Max.’ 

    Chase said that if he were to return to The Sopranos world that any potential story would take place between the prequel film and television series.

    He explained: ‘There’s only one way that I would do it, and that was if Terry [Winter] and I could write the script together. That I would do.’ 

    There is plenty of talk about potential Sopranos projects as last month, Alan Taylor – who directed The Many Saints Of Newark – teased the potential for there to be a movie centered around ‘young gangster’ Tony Soprano.

    WarnerMedia CEO Ann Sarnoff told the site that the company was'thrilled' with the results of recently released The Many Saints Of Newark and added:'We’re talking to David about a new series, Sopranos related, on HBO Max'

    WarnerMedia CEO Ann Sarnoff told the site that the company was ‘thrilled’ with the results of recently released The Many Saints Of Newark and added: ‘We’re talking to David about a new series, Sopranos related, on HBO Max’ 

    Very interesting: There is plenty of talk about potential Sopranos projects as last month, 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 an interview with UNILAD

    Very interesting: There is plenty of talk about potential Sopranos projects as last month, 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 an interview with UNILAD

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

    Taylor said the ending of the flick – which was unreleased at the time – 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 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 Chase (pictured in June 2017)

    Taylor said the ending of the 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 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

    Iconic: James Gandolfini seen as Tony Soprano in 2005

    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

     The Many Saints Of Newark was released in theaters on October 1 and simultaneously on HBO Max where it will be available to stream for one month.

    The film stars Alessandro Nivola as Dickie Moltisanti, the father of the show’s Christopher Moltisanti (portrayed by Michael Imperioli, who serves as a narrator for the movie) and Michael Gandolfini, who plays the younger incarnation of his late father James’s character Tony Soprano.

    Other established characters in the cast include Jon Bernthal as Johnny Boy Soprano, Vera Farmiga as Livia Soprano, Cory Stoll as Junior Soprano, Billy Magnussen as Paulie Walnuts and John Magaro as Silvio Dante. New characters introduced in the film include Leslie Odom Jr. as Harold McBrayer and Ray Liotta as Hollywood Dick Moltisanti.

     The film as of Thursday had tallied an 73 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 189 reviews from professional film critics.  

    Mixed bag: The Many Saints Of Newark as of Thursday had tallied an 73 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 189 reviews from professional film critics

    Mixed bag: The Many Saints Of Newark as of Thursday had tallied an 73 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 189 reviews from professional film critics 

    Some reviews for the movie indicated a strong standalone film that might fall short in the nostalgia department, and development of the nascent mob boss Tony.

    Variety’s Owen Gleiberman dubbed the motion picture ‘a sharp, lively, and engrossing movie … that provides a fascinating running commentary on how the world of “The Sopranos” came into being.

    ‘Yet we can’t help but notice the difference in tone. These characters are suitably gripping back-door Mob types who gather in the private rooms of restaurants to chow down on giant chops of seasoned meat, but they’re not fun in the same way. They’re more like a club of rageaholics.’

     Nick Schager of The Daily Beast said ‘there’s magic missing from this encore effort, in large part because it never provides a pressing justification for its own existence’ in The Sopranos universe.

    Some reviews for the movie indicated a strong standalone film that might fall short in the nostalgia department, and development of the nascent mob boss Tony

    Some reviews for the movie indicated a strong standalone film that might fall short in the nostalgia department, and development of the nascent mob boss Tony 

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