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How did Tony Soprano become a mob boss? ‘The Many Saints of Newark’ looks at his formative years

Fourteen years after the season finale of HBO’s “The Sopranos,” a prequel film is coming to theaters and HBO Max this Friday.

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By Madeleine Brand • Sep 28, 2021 • 15m Listen

Fourteen years after the season finale of HBO’s “The Sopranos,” a prequel film is coming to theaters and HBO Max this Friday. Set in 1967 Newark, New Jersey, “The Many Saints of Newark” follows the formative teen years of the series’ central character, mob boss Tony Soprano.

Madeleine Brand
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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

How did Tony Soprano become a mob boss? ‘The Many Saints of Newark’ looks at his formative years

Fourteen years after the season finale of HBO’s “The Sopranos,” a prequel film is coming to theaters and HBO Max this Friday.

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

How did Tony Soprano become a mob boss? ‘The Many Saints of Newark’ looks at his formative years

Fourteen years after the season finale of HBO’s “The Sopranos,” a prequel film is coming to theaters and HBO Max this Friday.

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