The first trailer for The Many Saints of Newark, the prequel film to the series largely considered to be the touchstone of prestige cable television, reveals a young Tony Soprano – played by the late James Gandolfini’s son Michael – developing into the steely mob boss of the future against the backdrop of the 1967 race riots in Newark, New Jersey.
Fourteen years after the divisively ambiguous series finale, the first look at new Sopranos content has arrived.
The trailer also evinces a stacked cast, including Hamilton’s Leslie Odom Jr, Jon Bernthal, Corey Stoll, Billy Magnussen, John Magaro, Michela De Rossi and Goodfellas’ star Ray Liotta.
“I was living in suburban New Jersey at the time that happened, and my girlfriend was working in downtown Newark,” he said.