PREVIEW: The Many Saints of Newark (15 TBC)

WHO’S IN IT?

Michael Gandolfini (Cherry), Alessandro Nivola (Disobedience), Leslie Odom Jr. (One Night in Miami), Jon Bernthal (Fury), Corey Stoll (Ant-Man), Ray Liotta (Goodfellas), Vera Farmiga (The Conjuring), Billy Magnussen (Game Night), Michela De Rossi (Boys Cry), John Magaro (First Cow), Joey Diaz (Grudge Match), Nick Vallelonga (Vanquish)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Alan Taylor (Thor: The Dark World), director; David Chase (Not Fade Away) and Lawrence Konner (Mona Lisa Smile), writers, producers; Nicole Lambert (film debut), producer; Kramer Morgenthau (Fracture), cinematographer; Christopher Tellefsen (Moneyball), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In 1967, teenager Anthony Soprano (Gandolfini) grows up in the tumultuous race-torn city of Newark, New Jersey, surrounded by rival gangsters trying to challenge the dominant DiMeo crime family. Anthony’s uncle, Dickie Moltisanti (Nivola), becomes caught up in the changing times, and it is his influence over the impressionable teenager that will morph him into the all-powerful mob boss Tony Soprano…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Discover the origins of one of TV’s most famous characters, Tony Soprano, in this historical prequel co-written by The Sopranos creator David Chase, and with Michael Gandolfini playing the role made famous by his late father, James Gandolfini.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

WEDNESDAY 22ND SEPTEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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