Folks, I certainly hope yous woke upwards this morning and got yourself a gun because we are so close to returning to the world of The Sopranos. A whopping xiv years after David Chase's groundbreaking HBO mafia drama cut to black for adept, manager Alan Taylor volition debut The Many Saints of Newark , a prequel film set against the backdrop of the 1967 race riots that took place in the titular New Jersey urban center. With Chase himself on board as a producer and a script past Lawrence Konner (Boardwalk Empire), The Many Saints of Newark aims to tell the story of a immature Anthony Soprano—played by the late, great James Gandolfini's existent-life son, Michael Gandolfini—navigating the all-powerful DiMeo criminal offense family's rivalries with emerging powers in the increasingly fractured city.

Information technology'due south a huge undertaking to ask audiences to trust a render to this earth so long afterwards the finale, much less with a massive ensemble cast mostly playing characters nosotros merely always heard well-nigh in passing. And so, to calm your nerves, nosotros've put together everything we know so far about The Many Saints of Newark, from the plot and casting details to updates on a trailer and a release date.

'The Many Saints of Newark' Trailer

On June 29, HBO released the official trailer for The Many Saints of Newark, which gave off more of an action-packed gangster ballsy vibe than the original series, which was deeply meditative in-between all those whackings. Of grade, y'all gotta' sell the movie to a broader audience and sell it equally The Sopranos related, so trust we're not getting the total flick hither. Check out the trailer above.

When Is 'The Many Saints of Newark' Release Date?

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The Many Saints of Newark is gear up to hit theaters on Oct ane, 2021. Because of the pandemic-inspired release strategy Warner Bros. set for this year, the film will also be available to stream for 30 days on HBO Max starting that same day.

Who Is In 'The Many Saints of Newark' Cast?

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Too Michael Gandolfini filling his father'southward shoes, The Many Saints of Newark boasts a genuinely stacked bandage of big names and grapheme actors, many of which are staples of the criminal offence genre. The bandage includes Alessandro Nivola, Leslie Odom Jr., Jon Bernthal, Corey Stoll, Billy Magnussen, Michaela De Rossi, Germar Terrell Gardner, John Magaro, Ray Liotta, and Vera Farmiga.

Who Are the Confirmed Characters in 'The Many Saints of Newark'?

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Every bit we've mentioned a few times, Michael Gandolfini will play Tony Soprano as a teenager, decades earlier he became the ruthless crime dominate he was in The Sopranos. The sprawling story of The Many Saints of Newark centers around the impressionable younger Tony first beingness introduced to the temptations—and dangers—of organized crime. In a recent interview, Gandolfini spoke to the way he'south playing this grapheme at this stage in his life, also as how his operation links to his father.

​​"Y'all know, I didn't want to put pressure on myself to walk out of this feeling like I'd grown in terms of my feelings towards my dad...I but wanted to exist the all-time histrion I could be, portraying Tony in the way David wanted, scene by scene. I didn't think near my grief considering… well, I would have s**t the bed...His curiosity and sensitivity come up first. He'south not a gun-wielding gangster. He's a kid who gets whittled down and pulled in."

Alessandro Nivola (The Art of Self-Defense) will play Dickie Moltisanti, the father of The Sopranos character Christopher Moltisanti (Michael Imperioli). In the original show, Tony frequently mentioned Dickie as a hero, role model, and somewhat of a father figure; The Many Saints of Newark volition evidence the ways in which Dickie's life of crime drew Tony in aslope him. In an interview with EW, Nivola praised the way the film is both an origin story for Tony and a total arc of a character we've never met.

"What David did was to tell an origin story of Tony Soprano through a character that was dead earlier the series and that is such a surprising way of going about it. And the tardily-'60s mob movie is the stuff of dreams. Everyone was at the height of their game. The merely infuriating thing is how long we have to await."

Jon Bernthal (The Punisher) will play Johnny Soprano, Tony's father and a capo in the DiMeo offense family.

Vera Farmiga (The Conjuring) volition play a younger version of Lidia Soprano, Tony's mother, who was played by Nancy Marchand in The Sopranos.

Corey Stoll (House of Cards) will play a younger version of Junior Soprano, the character played by Dominic Chianese in The Sopranos. Tony'south uncle, he was equal parts adversary and ally in The Sopranos, in which he was the caput of the DiMeo criminal offence family unit. The Many Saints of Newark will run into Stoll'south Junior equally a mid-level member of the crew.

Baton Magnussen (Game Dark) will play a younger version of Paul "Paulie Walnuts" Gualtieri, the grapheme played past Tony Sirico in The Sopranos.

Leslie Odom Jr. (One Night In Miami) plays a character named Harold McBrayer. "I work for the family," he explained, cryptically.

When Is 'The Many Saints of Newark' Set?

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The Many Saints of Newark is set up in 1967, a time of political and civil unrest, in which the race riot that took place in Newark was just one of 159 across the country in what subsequently was called "The Long Hot Summer of 1967." In a contempo interview, David Chase noted how the artistic procedure on The Many Saints of Newark was fueled past his own experience as a young man in Newark at the time, seeing—and emphasizing with—the unrest.

"I remember some friends of mine saying — I was 22 years old at that time — 'I hope they burned the place down,'" he told THR. "It was bad. Newark — it was bad. To see Black people living that mode, information technology was bad."

What Is 'The Many Saints of Newark' Plot?

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Here is the official synopsis for The Many Saints of Newark, courtesy of HBO:

Young Anthony Soprano is growing up in one of the most tumultuous eras in Newark's history, becoming a homo just as rival gangsters begin to rise up and claiming the all-powerful DiMeo crime family'due south agree over the increasingly race-torn city. Caught upwards in the changing times is the uncle he idolizes, Dickie Moltisanti, who struggles to manage both his professional and personal responsibilities—and whose influence over his impressionable nephew volition assist brand the teenager into the anointed mob boss we'll afterward come to know: Tony Soprano.

HBO'due south official release notes that The Many Saints of Newark is "a gangster epic for all audiences - whether yous are familiar with the serial or non," farther elaborating on the story:

"This is the intriguing story of Tony Soprano'due south early years, explored through his relationship with his mobster uncle, Dickie Moltisanti -- a man who would steer Tony toward the underworld life, despite his best intentions to the opposite."

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