'Sopranos' prequel film in the works with David Chase script

March 11, 2018 at 5:00 a.m.

by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

FILE - In this March 3, 2006 file photo, David Chase, creator and producer of the hit HBO series "The Sopranos," poses on a set in the Queens borough of New York. Warner Bros. Pictures says Thursday that New Line has purchased a screenplay for a 'Sopranos' prequel from series creator David Chase and Lawrence Konner. The studio says the working title is 'The Many Saints of Newark' and will be set in the 1960s during the Newark riots. Chase's acclaimed series about the mobster Tony Soprano played by the late James Gandolfini ran for six seasons on HBO and won 21 primetime Emmys. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff, File)
FILE - In this March 3, 2006 file photo, David Chase, creator and producer of the hit HBO series "The Sopranos," poses on a set in the Queens borough of New York. Warner Bros. Pictures says Thursday that New Line has purchased a screenplay for a 'Sopranos' prequel from series creator David Chase and Lawrence Konner. The studio says the working title is 'The Many Saints of Newark' and will be set in the 1960s during the Newark riots. Chase's acclaimed series about the mobster Tony Soprano played by the late James Gandolfini ran for six seasons on HBO and won 21 primetime Emmys. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff, File)

'Sopranos' prequel film in the works

LOS ANGELES -- "The Sopranos" might be coming to the movie theater.

Warner Bros. Pictures says Thursday that New Line has purchased a screenplay for a "Sopranos" prequel from series creator David Chase and Lawrence Konner. The studio says the working title is "The Many Saints of Newark" and will be set in the 1960s during the Newark riots.

Chase's acclaimed series about mobster Tony Soprano, played by the late James Gandolfini, ran for six seasons on HBO and won 21 primetime Emmys.

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