New Cast Members Announced For The Sopranos Prequel

New cast members have been announced for The Many Saints of Newark, the upcoming prequel to HBO’s The Sopranos. 

Vera Farmiga (The Conjuring, The Departed) and Jon Bernthal (The Wolf of Wall Street, The Punisher) have joined the cast, although it has not been revealed who they will be playing. The Many Saints of Newark comes more than 10 years after the finale of the influential series. 

The film will be directed by Alan Taylor, who previously directed episodes of the series, and was co-written by Lawrence Konner and David Chase, the creator of The Sopranos. 

The film will focus on Tony Soprano’s childhood and take place amidst the racial tensions of Newark in the ‘60s. A release date has yet to be set.