NEW YORK: A film following the action leading up to the cult hit series The Sopranos is in production, a source close to the project told AFP Thursday, confirming reports on US entertainment site Deadline. New Line Cinema studio – a film production label of Warner Bros – has bought the rights to the screenplay The Many Saints of Network, written by Sopranos creator David Chase and television and cinema screenwriter Lawrence Konner. Many of the project's details remain under wraps – but several characters from the Sopranos series will make an appearance in the film, presumably played by younger actors. Broadcast between 1999 and 2007 on the US cable network HBO, The Sopranos marked, in the view of experts, the beginning of a golden age for television series with its dark humour and complex characters. The series, which ran for six seasons with 86 episodes, was awarded 21 Emmy Awards and 5 Golden Globes.

Source: New Strait Times March 09, 2018 04:52 UTC