# Sopranos movie prequel on the way **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 10, 2018, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-movie-prequel-on-the-way/810333 "2018-03-10T13:15:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-movie-prequel-on-the-way/810333/1 "2018-03-10T13:15:36Z")
Set in the 60s . Jar Jar teams up with Uncle junior > **[David Chase Revives ‘The Sopranos’ With New Line Prequel Movie ‘The Many...](https://deadline.com/2018/03/david-chase-the-sopranos-prequel-movie-the-many-saints-of-newark-new-line-1202319202/)** > > EXCLUSIVE: David Chase is finally ready to return to the New Jersey turf of his iconic creation The Sopranos. New Line has purchased the screenplay The Many Saints of Newark, the working title for … ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-movie-prequel-on-the-way/810333/2 "2018-03-10T13:23:49Z")
“This boy has the highest gabagool count I’ve ever seen.” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-movie-prequel-on-the-way/810333/3 "2018-03-10T13:41:35Z")
I hope there’s lots of violence. I love watching people get whacked! :o ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-movie-prequel-on-the-way/810333/4 "2018-03-10T14:38:32Z")
Let’s do this t’ing. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-movie-prequel-on-the-way/810333/5 "2018-03-10T15:04:22Z")
the show averaged one guy getting whacked per episode ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-movie-prequel-on-the-way/810333/6 "2018-03-10T16:52:13Z")
They are going to have to do some singing to make this happen. Different medium, actors, context, set in the 1950s probably, and we are in the USA in 2018. What could go wrong with our favorite show ever? ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-movie-prequel-on-the-way/810333/7 "2018-03-10T17:26:21Z")
as I said above , set in the 60s. Chase waited 11 years to do this , maybe his bank balance is running low. 🙂 Since 2007 he only did 1 movie which he directed ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-movie-prequel-on-the-way/810333/8 "2018-03-10T17:33:05Z")
I especially look forward to the period racial slurs. Goombah racists have an awesomely impessive range of abusive vocabulary - remember “charcoal briquette”, “mulignan”? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-movie-prequel-on-the-way/810333/9 "2018-03-10T17:41:43Z")
I’ve always liked “yom.” ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-movie-prequel-on-the-way/810333/10 "2018-03-11T02:04:58Z")
Maybe this will be some kind of franchise play for movies that adults watch. Make a new soprano every year.