Another actor with roots in New Jersey is in talks to join the “Sopranos” prequel film “The Many Saints of Newark,” Deadline reports.

Ray Liotta, a Newark native who grew up Union Township, is set to be a part of the movie, written by “Sopranos” creator David Chase and Lawrence Konner and directed by Alan Taylor for New Line.

Liotta, 64, starred as mobster Henry Hill in the 1990 Martin Scorsese classic “GoodFellas.” He follows a number of actors from that movie to make the transition to the world of “The Sopranos,” including Lorraine Bracco, who played Dr. Jennifer Melfi, Tony Soprano’s psychiatrist. This would be his first return to the Mafia genre since “Killing Them Softly” in 2012.

“I am thrilled to be working with David Chase and Alan Taylor on ‘The Many Saints of Newark,' Liotta said in a statement to the outlet. “David’s talent is unmatched and the directing of Alan Taylor makes this even more exciting. I respect them both immensely and look forward to making this special project with New Line.”

Michael Gandolfini, son of James Gandolfini, who played Tony Soprano and died in 2013, is set to play a young Tony in the film, which is set in the 1960s, during the time of the Newark riots. Gandolfini, 19, previously played Joey Dwyer in HBO’s “The Deuce" and was a busboy in the 2018 film “Ocean’s 8."

Who else is in the film? So far, the cast is stacked with Hollywood heavyweights.

Alessandro Nivola (“Disobedience”) will play Tony’s mentor Dickie/Dickey Moltisanti (Christopher Moltisanti’s father).

Vera Farmiga, 45, who grew up in a Ukrainian enclave in Irvington and attended St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Newark before graduating from Hunterdon Central Regional High School, is set to play an unknown role in the film. The actress is known for the 2006 Martin Scorsese film “The Departed” and “The Conjuring” movies, in which she co-starred with Montclair’s Patrick Wilson (“Aquaman”). Farmiga, who played Norma Bates in the A&E series “Bates Motel,” can also be seen in “Godzilla: King of the Monsters,” due out in May.

Jon Bernthal, who had a role in the 2013 Scorsese film “The Wolf of Wall Street," has also confirmed that he has a role in the film. Bernthal, 42, is known for playing Shane Walsh in the AMC series “The Walking Dead” and starred as Frank Castle in the Netflix Marvel series “The Punisher," which was recently canceled. He’ll play Lee Iacocca in the upcoming film “Ford v. Ferrari,” directed by James Mangold.

Billy Magnussen has also been cast in the film in an unknown role. Magnussen, 33, played Jed Milgrim in the Netflix miniseries “Maniac" and will play Prince Anders in the upcoming “Aladdin” movie. Magnussen also appears in the Netflix film “Velvet Buzzsaw” alongside John Malkovich and Jake Gyllenhaal.

Corey Stoll, 42, who played Montclair’s Buzz Aldrin in the 2018 film “First Man," directed by Princeton’s Damien Chazelle (“La La Land"), has also joined the “Many Saints of Newark” cast. Stoll is also known for his roles in the Netflix series “House of Cards," and Amazon’s “The Romanoffs" (created by Matthew Weiner, a “Sopranos” writer and producer who became the showrunner of “Mad Men"). Stoll can be seen in the upcoming Netflix series “Ratched," based on “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.”

“The Many Saints of Newark” is set to start production in the spring. In January, when Chase and the cast of “The Sopranos” celebrated the show’s 20th anniversary, the New Jersey Motion Picture & Television Commission said the production had been touch about filming in the northern New Jersey area.

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