Welcome back to the family business. New Line Cinema’s The Many Saints of Newark brings us back to New Jersey and to the ground-breaking world of HBO’s The Sopranos . In this first big-screen instalment, we’re headed back to the explosive 1960s and the era of the Newark riots. It’s a time when the African American and Italian communities are butting heads but likewise a time where in-fighting amongst the gangsters was more dangerous than anything brewing in the streets.
Shot on location in New Jersey and New York, the film stars Alessandro Nivola ( Disobedience ), Leslie Odom Jr. ( Hamilton ), Jon Bernthal ( Baby Driver ), Michael Gandolfini ( The Deuce ), Ray Liotta ( Goodfellas ) and Vera Farmiga ( The Conjuring ). Like a missing chapter from a well-loved novel, the script comes courtesy of Sopranos creator David Chase and his co-writer Lawrence Konner.
But is The Many Saints of Newark a prequel worthy of the award-winning Sopranos series? Our Chief Film Critic Jason Gorber gives us his verdict. Watch his review now:
The Many Saints of Newark opens in theatres Oct. 1.
Read Pat Mullen’s take on the prequel for a different perspective .
