The Many Saints of Newark
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Funny how they made Vera Farmiga, as Livia Soprano, resemble both Carmela and Junior.
Vera Farmiga is a perfect casting for Tony's Mother. She's a great actress and I have a feeling she's going to nail it.
DEADLINE: This prequel was an easier sell, but because WarnerMedia put its entire 2021 slate as day-and-date on HBO Max, you are back on HBO. How did that feel?
CHASE: I don't think, frankly that I would've taken the job if I knew it was going to be a day-and-date release. I think it's awful.
DEADLINE: It is kind of ironic that here you make a theatrical film based on the iconic HBO series, and it's coming out day-and-date on something with HBO in the title. What did you feel when that edict came down?
CHASE: Extremely angry, and I still am. I mean, I don't know how much you go into this, you know, like…okay. If I was…one of those guys, if one of those executives was sitting here and I was to start pissing and moaning about it, they'd say, you know, there's 17 other movies that have the same problem. What could we do? Covid! Well, I know, but those 16 other movies didn't start out as a television show. They don't have to shed that television image before you get people to the theater. But we do. And that's where we're at. People should go see it in a theater. It was designed to be a movie. It was…it's beautiful as a movie. I never thought that it would be back on HBO. Never.
DEADLINE: You really could have walked away from this?
CHASE: Yeah…I mean, well, I say that…okay. I could've walked away, yes, but there was a part of that story where my partner Lawrence was saying come on, let's get to work. Let's do something, do something, do something. It'll be good for you. Now, do you walk away from that? I don't know.
CHASE: I don't think, frankly that I would've taken the job if I knew it was going to be a day-and-date release. I think it's awful.
DEADLINE: It is kind of ironic that here you make a theatrical film based on the iconic HBO series, and it's coming out day-and-date on something with HBO in the title. What did you feel when that edict came down?
CHASE: Extremely angry, and I still am. I mean, I don't know how much you go into this, you know, like…okay. If I was…one of those guys, if one of those executives was sitting here and I was to start pissing and moaning about it, they'd say, you know, there's 17 other movies that have the same problem. What could we do? Covid! Well, I know, but those 16 other movies didn't start out as a television show. They don't have to shed that television image before you get people to the theater. But we do. And that's where we're at. People should go see it in a theater. It was designed to be a movie. It was…it's beautiful as a movie. I never thought that it would be back on HBO. Never.
DEADLINE: You really could have walked away from this?
CHASE: Yeah…I mean, well, I say that…okay. I could've walked away, yes, but there was a part of that story where my partner Lawrence was saying come on, let's get to work. Let's do something, do something, do something. It'll be good for you. Now, do you walk away from that? I don't know.
Only really entertaining for big Sopranos fans. The story just kind of aimlessly wanders around with some fan service occasionally thrown in.
Casting is great though especially Michael Gandolfini
Casting is great though especially Michael Gandolfini
Just finished this. Pretty disappointing. If you loved the Sopranos it is worth watching just for the characters, but everything felt rushed. Characters didn't seem to get enough time and plot. Like Wolf says, should have been a series.
Acting was great, but as was said, more fan service than plot.
Acting was great, but as was said, more fan service than plot.
Definitely not. The story does not stand on itself at all, and the major part references things that happen in the end of Sopranos.
This was cool fan service to the show, but it really doesn't stand on its own at all. A major character from Sopranos narrates it and you need a ton of context from the show to get that (that was probably the only good part).
‘Sopranos’ creator David Chase finally reveals death scene for Tony
The show’s creator revealed a cryptic tidbit that gives the show’s blackout ending and fate of James Gandolfini’s Tony Soprano in 2007 a bit more context.
nypost.com
He was going to die but they didn't film it, he might have died at the end.
So once again not really answering it.