With Last Night's Major Development, How Do You Make a Sopranos Movie?
Filed under: Drama, Deals, RumorMonger, HBO Films
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*Apparently, some people still haven't seen last night's episode yet, so popular demand forced me to change my original headline -- stop reading now if you haven't seen it! Okay, you've been warned. I think it's safe to start taking David Chase at his word -- that there will be no Sopranos movie to launch after the series finishes its run in four weeks. In last night's episode, Tony murdered Christopher Moltisanti, perhaps the biggest character on the show besides himself, after Christopher nearly killed the two of them, driving off the road while high on smack. One of the biggest dramatic threads of the show is now finished, so any eventual movie would have to create for Tony some new love-hate foil to work around. That's assuming, of course, that Tony or any of the main characters even make it through the last three episodes. Some who claim to have picked up a little knowledge about the last episode are calling it "Shakespearean," and no one outdoes Shakespeare when it comes to blood and body counts.
However, Chase may have another idea up his sleeve for expanding the franchise beyond the current crop of characters. The MTV Movie Blog recently reported on a conversation between Chase and 'Oz' producer Tom Fontana, in which Fontana apparently floated the idea of basing a Sopranos movie around the main characters' grandparents, first arriving from Italy and presumably getting started in 'this thing of ours.' Chase told MTV "I had never thought about that. That was interesting to me." Just a passing thought, or something more serious? Who knows, but with HBO execs undoubtedly nervous about sailing into the 'post-Sopranos' era in a few weeks, there could be any number of deals being cooked up, either for a theatrical release or a future stand-alone HBO movie, perhaps.
By the way, for those who saw the episode, wouldn't a routine autopsy show that someone died of suffocation, not their injuries from a car accident?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
5-14-2007 @ 9:05AM
automag5 said...
how about a spoiler warning?
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5-14-2007 @ 9:09AM
sammg32 said...
Thanks so much for running the season for me!
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5-14-2007 @ 9:10AM
sammg32 said...
I meant ruining... that was less dramatic then I wanted it to be.
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5-14-2007 @ 9:14AM
Marcus said...
Thanks for the spoilers. I appreciate that.
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5-14-2007 @ 9:13AM
lee said...
how about a spoiler warning....dammit!
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5-14-2007 @ 9:21AM
Ron Moses said...
Agreed, the lack of a spoiler warning is inexcusable.
***SPOILERS***
And Christopher wasn't high on smack, they clearly said they found cocaine in his system. Tony also said that the official cause of death was indeed suffocation, presumably on his own blood. You did watch the episode you just spoiled, right?
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5-14-2007 @ 9:26AM
Kyp said...
Are you kidding me? Did you really just do that? Ryan Stewart, are you really that dumb?
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5-14-2007 @ 9:45AM
Marcos Kirsch said...
C'mon!!!!!!!!!!! I was waiting for it to come out on DVD. THANK YOU CINEMATICAL
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5-14-2007 @ 9:39AM
Eric said...
Nice Spoiler jerkass, Fucking fire this guy!
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5-14-2007 @ 9:44AM
Jonathan said...
What a jerk. You should be banned or fired or whatever from Cinematical. That was your Imus moment. Get rid of this guy.
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5-14-2007 @ 9:45AM
Rooben said...
Talk about ruining it - I'm on Season 4 still! And he had to put it right in the title!
..and it was LAST NIGHTs Episode? Remember tivo? Appreciate the spoiler, now I don't have to get the rest of the DVDs....
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5-14-2007 @ 9:47AM
Michael Heilemann said...
OH FOR FUCK'S SAKE! Thanks a LOT!
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5-14-2007 @ 10:02AM
kyle said...
Ya, thanks very much for the spoiler.
Definitely the end of cinematical.com reading for me.
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5-14-2007 @ 10:02AM
Dom said...
How about an IGNORANCE warning?
*** THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS THE WRITINGS OF AN IGNORANT ***
Tony did what he did to alleviate any suffering on Chris's part. He wasn't wearing a seatbelt and had severe internal bleeding.
The final episodes (part II of season 6) will be regarding the fall of a mobster. This is seen on Godfellas, Casino. David Chase won't break away from the 'rise and fall' theme.
The next few episodes will be interesting.
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5-14-2007 @ 11:52AM
Jason Doan said...
Thanks a lot. I went the whole night at work without reading anything about last nights episode and now you assholes post a major spoiler in a story title less than 12 hours after the show is on. Stick to reporting on movies.
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5-14-2007 @ 10:07AM
Nathan said...
What the hell!!!!!!! I can't believe you could be so stupid as to have such an obvious spoiler in the title! I was planning on watching it tonight...
Doesn't this blog have some kind of guidelines for posting??? You don't spell out movie plots or give away endings, right?
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5-14-2007 @ 10:12AM
mike said...
Why didn't he just breath thru his mouth...duh...this series is for the dummy's...
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5-14-2007 @ 10:12AM
William said...
Okay, I'll pile on....
Wow! Somebody f**ked up! I saw it last night, I just feel bad for the people who didn't.
Hey Cinematical! Need a new writer?
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5-14-2007 @ 10:13AM
Evan said...
Ryan Stewart, unscrupulous shit of the first order. This dude is surely sitting in front of his monitor, reading every comment here hating his guts, and he's laughing like the bitch that he is. The rumor of a SOPRANOS movie has been dead since 2005, killed already by David Chase. This was a pointless excuse to spoil the first major twist in the last season. Edit the link and give your users a spoiler warning before you lose the respect and the hits of you readers. I know I won't hit his site again. Ryan Stewart, you deserve a one mean kick to the crotch.
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5-14-2007 @ 10:14AM
Bryan said...
How about you guys actually watch the show when its on. Last night was a great episode, and YES, I will say, one of the few I've been able to watch night-of.
I think if you have to wait until the next day, you leave yourself open to finding out on TV, at work, on the internet.... oh wait, how about not even LOOKING for something on the Sopranos?! Unless youre home page was that article, you have to go looking for it.
It's your own fault.
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