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Michael Gandolfini’s star rose sharply with his appearance in 2021 The Sopranos prequel The Many Saints of Newark as a young Tony Soprano, the fictitious crime boss immortalized by his late father James Gandolfini.

The role saw him splashed across the culture and entertainment pages at home and worldwide, after a series of youthful, smaller parts including alongside Tom Holland in Cherry.

Gandolfini has since racked up credits on half a dozen features and series including Cat Person, Beau Is Afraid and Bob Marley: One World and is soon to be seen in Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s Iraqi War drama Warfare and upcoming Disney+ series Daredevil: Born Again, for which he is confirmed in season 2.

A serendipitous outcome of The Many Saints of Newark was his friendship with producer and actor Gabriella Piazza, who played Joanne Moltisanti in the show, who in turn introduced him to emerging director Blake Rice.

We haven't yet seen the highly anticipated Sopranos prequel The Many Saints of Newark, but it looks like if all goes to plan there is a very high chance that another deep dive into the younger years of Tony Soprano will be following very soon afterwards. As we have seen with Dave Bautista and Jason Momoa's buddy cop movie going from speculative Twitter banter to in development project, things can move fast in the movie industry if the right combination of events come together at just the right time. The Sopranos creator David Chase only mentioned in a Deadline interview earlier today that he would definitely consider doing more movies about the formative years of the mobster, but only if series writer Terence Winter was on board. A few hours later, Deadline had contacted Winter for a comment, and that comment was "The idea of doing another one, and doing it with David,...

Exclusive: Call it an offer he couldn’t refuse. After The Sopranos creator David Chase told Deadline in today’s interview that he would be interested in doing another film about the formative years of Tony Soprano — as long as it meant reuniting with longtime series writer and executive producer Terence Winter, Deadline reached out to Winter, who said: “The idea of doing another one, and doing it with David, I’d be in in a heartbeat. Absolutely.”

Before fans of The Sopranos get too hot and bothered about the idea of another film tracing the formative years of the core cast, The Many Saints of Newark has to please Warner Bros and New Line, the studios that made it. There is a solid cast in that film that plays younger versions of the series stalwarts. Michael Gandolfini plays young Tony; Vera Farmiga plays his mother, Livia; and Jon Bernthal plays his father,...

James Gandolfini's son is back in time to portray his famous pops ... and it's soooo groovy, man. Michael Gandolfini was in Queens Friday on the set of the 'Sopranos' prequel ... "The Many Saints of Newark." Michael is playing young Tony Soprano. Looks like he's having a far-out time working alongside costars Alan Taylor, Alexandra Intrator and Gabriella Piazza. Gotta admit ... 19-year-old Michael's making the bell bottoms and butterfly collar work for him.