First Look at 'Sopranos' Prequel 'The Many Saints of Newark' | THR News - video Dailymotion

The Warner Bros. film is due out Oct. 1.

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00:00Guys like me were brought up to follow codes.

00:03Hey, jerk off.

00:08What'd you say?

00:09What?

00:10Get ready, Sopranos fans.

00:12We're finally getting a first look at the long-awaited prequel movie

00:15to the beloved HBO series, The Many Saints of Newark.

00:19The film has an ensemble cast that stars Michael Gandolfini

00:22playing Tony Soprano, an uncanny young version of the iconic character

00:26played by the actor's late father, James Gandolfini.

00:29The New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Pictures movie is set in 1967

00:33where a young Tony Soprano is growing up

00:35in one of the most tumultuous eras in Newark's history.

00:38Caught up in the changing times is the uncle he idolizes, Dickie Moltisanti,

00:42who struggles to manage both his professional and personal responsibilities

00:46and whose influence over his impressionable nephew

00:49will make the teenager into the all-powerful mob boss

00:52will later come to know, Tony Soprano.

00:55They're my nephew.

00:56I want to do whatever I can to help you.

01:02The trailer is presented with the tagline,

01:04Legends aren't born, they're made.

01:06The Sopranos debuted in 1999 on HBO and ran for six seasons

01:11before concluding with its infamous cut to black.

01:14The Many Saints of Newark will be in theaters on October 1st

01:17and on HBO Max for 31 days following the theatrical release.

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