In the North Jersey suburbs of the 70s a teenaged Tony Soprano (Michael Gandolfini) was juggling high school football with the lure of family enterprise represented by charismatic uncle Dickie Moltisanti (Allesandro Nivola). When a decade s tensions between Newark s Italian and Black mobs finally erupt the choice might be taken out of his hands. Much-anticipated Sopranos prequel film co-scripted by series creator David Chase co-stars Jon Bernthal Vera Farmiga Leslie Odom Jr. Corey Stoll.