Return of The Sopranos: Creator to write prequel movie set in 1960s New Jersey
The Sopranos creator David Chase is set to return to the franchise with a prequel to the hit HBO series.
The crime drama is to be revived with a movie set in the 1960s featuring some familiar characters, Deadline reports.
New Line has purchased the screenplay with the working title The Many Saints of Newark which is set against the backdrop of the Newark riots of the sixties.
![Coming back: The Sopranos creator David Chase is set to return to the franchise with a prequel movie to the hit HBO series](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/03/08/18/4A035C3800000578-5478957-Coming_back_The_Sopranos_creator_David_Chase_is_set_to_return_to-a-69_1520535388091.jpg)
Coming back: The Sopranos creator David Chase is set to return to the franchise with a prequel movie to the hit HBO series
The Sopranos ran for six seasons from 1999 to 2007 and won 21 Emmys and making stars of James Gandolfini and Edie Falco.
Gandolfini died in 2013 aged 51 after suffering a heart attack while on vacation with his family in Italy.
The beloved actor was most known for his legendary portrayal of mob boss Tony Soprano.
The movie will feature a number of The Sopranos' characters including Tony Soprano's father, Giovanni 'Johnny Boy', and a younger version of his wife Livia and Tony’s uncle Junior.
![HBO hit: The Sopranos ran for six seasons from 1999 to 2007 and won 21 Emmys and making stars of James Gandolfini (pictured) and Edie Falco](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/03/08/18/0047395E00000258-5478957-image-a-66_1520534737784.jpg)
HBO hit: The Sopranos ran for six seasons from 1999 to 2007 and won 21 Emmys and making stars of James Gandolfini (pictured) and Edie Falco
![David Chase will serve as producer and co-writer alongside former writer Lawrence Kenner](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/03/08/18/4A0353C200000578-5478957-David_Chase_will_serve_as_producer_and_co_writer_alongside_forme-a-73_1520535458406.jpg)
David Chase will serve as producer and co-writer alongside former writer Lawrence Kenner
Chase will serve as producer and co-writer alongside former Sopranos writer Lawrence Kenner.
Warner Bros Pictures Group chairman Toby Emmerich told Deadline: 'David is a masterful storyteller and we, along with our colleagues at HBO, are thrilled that he has decided to revisit, and enlarge, the Soprano universe in a feature film,'.
Chase spoke about the possibility of a prequel in 2016, telling Deadline: 'I've said it from the beginning: if I had a really good idea and I thought it could be really entertaining and it wouldn’t upset what was done I might do it,'
He also hinted at a prequel last year telling Entertainment Weekly: 'I could conceive of maybe a prequel of The Sopranos,' he said. 'I could never see [a return of the show] except as a prequel.'
![Star of the show Gandolfini, who played mob boss Tony Soprano, died in 2013 aged 51 after suffering a heart attack while on vacation with his family in Italy](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/03/08/18/4A035C2900000578-5478957-image-m-72_1520535423230.jpg)
Star of the show Gandolfini, who played mob boss Tony Soprano, died in 2013 aged 51 after suffering a heart attack while on vacation with his family in Italy
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