EXCLUSIVE: Some 14 years after he said all he had to say about a Jersey mob family, and ended The Sopranos in shocking fashion, it turns out David Chase has much more to say.
The result is The Many Saints of Newark, a prequel of sorts set against the Newark race riots, and focusing on a charming sociopath mobster Dickie Moltisanti.
He is the father of Christopher, Tony’s right hand man in the series played by Michael Imperioli (who makes his presence known in a way we’ll leave as a surprise).
Dickie is a mentor to young Tony (played by the late James Gandolfini’s son Michael), and an ally of Harold McBrayer, an up and coming gangster on the Black side of town (played by Leslie Odom Jr.) who becomes his mortal enemy.
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