After years of The Sopranos fans asking HBO for more from the mobster drama, they’ve gotten their wish in a couple of different ways. The first was prequel film The Many Saints of Newark, starring James Gandolfini’s son Michael as a young Tony Soprano. While I enjoyed it quite a lot and it made me want to see more Sopranos stuff, overall it was met with mixed responses. Then creator David Chase did that cool Super Bowl ad featuring a reunion of Sopranos siblings Meadow and AJ. Unfortunately, that might be the last we see of the family.
HBO chief Casey Bloys spoke with THR about the future of The Sopranos, and basically, it doesn’t sound like revisiting that story is gonna happen…
“I don’t think David has any interest in revisiting ‘The Sopranos,’” said Bloys. “And I would agree with him. It’s a perfect series that I don’t think needs revisiting. But we’ll see what he wants to do next. If your question is about if the Super Bowl ad is some sort of precursor or anything like that, I don’t think so.”
“I don’t know where they left off, whether there were going to be more movies or what, so to your larger question about a ‘Sopranos’ series, there’s nothing there. And with ‘The Many Saints,’ there hadn’t been any conversations about it.”
For a while, it seemed that Chase was on the verge of creating an entire Sopranos cinematic universe at HBO. Clearly, that’s no longer the case. What’s unclear is whether that’s because of Chase or HBO, or if they came to a mutual agreement to put those plans on ice.
