Ann Sarnoff, WarnerMedia’s CEO of Studios and Networks says that the company was thrilled with the results of the recent “The Sopranos” prequel film “The Many Saints of Newark”.
So much so that: “we’re talking to David [Chase] about a new series, Sopranos related, on HBO Max.”
“Sopranos” creator David Chase has said if he was to return to this world, it would be a story set after the late 1960s and 1970s of the movie but before the original series which began in 1998.
He adds that: “There’s only one way that I would do it, and that was if Terry [Winter] and I could write the script together. That I would do.”
Sarnoff says that while the box office numbers for the film were not as big as the company would have liked, the positive effect the film had on the legacy series was great:
“You see The Sopranos pop into the top ten of viewed series on the service and its given it an entirely new life. It (the movie) has literally lifted all of The Sopranos franchise in a new way. You can’t measure it in and of itself in the box office.”
That’s partly why whatever happens to Warners’ “Dune” film adaptation this weekend, a sequel seems likely with Sarnoff saying: “Will we have a sequel to Dune? If you watch the movie you see how it ends. I think you pretty much know the answer to that.”
David Chase meanwhile recently signed a five-year, first-look deal with WarnerMedia that covers film and TV across HBO, HBO Max and Warner Bros. Pictures Group.
Source: Deadline