After a flurry of headlines about the casting of various actors in the movie, “The Many Saints of Newark” is finally coming home to Newark.

On Wednesday, the “Sopranos” prequel film began shooting in Brooklyn. But in a few weeks, the production will move to the original home of the Soprano family.

Cast member Alessandro Nivola, 46, who plays Dickie Moltisanti (Christopher Moltisanti’s father), was recently photographed wearing a suit on set in New York with another recently announced cast member, Italian actress Michela De Rossi, who will reportedly play an Italian immigrant living in Newark.

De Rossi, 26, sported ’60s-style hair, a short purple dress and a yellow beaded necklace. This is her first American movie.

The film will reportedly at least partially be set in 1960s Newark during the time of the riots.

“The Many Saints of Newark,” due out on Sept. 25, 2020, will also be filming soon in downtown Newark, says Kenneth Gifford, director of the Newark Office of Film and Television.

The production is tentatively scheduled to come to Branford Place between Washington and Broad streets from May 6 to 8 (Monday to Wednesday), Gifford says.

This stretch of Newark is home to Hobby’s Delicatessen, which has been owned by the Brummer family since the 1960s. “The Many Saints of Newark” will reportedly at least partially be set during the Newark riots in 1967. Sam Brummer, who died in 2015, opened Hobby’s at Branford Place and Halsey Street in 1962. The deli is currently run by his sons, Marc and Michael.

Branford Place, home to Hobby's Deli and a stretch of Newark being used for the "Sopranos" prequel film.Google

“I’ve heard rumors, but nothing is confirmed,” Michael Brummer said on Tuesday when asked if the movie would be filming at or near the deli.

David Chase, creator of “The Sopranos,” who recently marked the 20th anniversary of the show’s 1999 premiere, co-wrote the screenplay for “The Many Saints of Newark" with Lawrence Konner. Alan Taylor is directing the film for New Line.

Michael Gandolfini, the 19-year-old son of James Gandolfini, is set to play a young Tony Soprano in the film. The elder Gandolfini, who earned raves for his portrayal of the iconic New Jersey Mafia boss, died in 2013.

According to the timeline established in the original HBO series, Tony Soprano would have been 7 years old in July 1967, so Michael Gandolfini would have to play an older version of Tony, bringing the film into the late 1970s, or at least the ’70s.

Johnny Boy Soprano and Junior Soprano in Tony Soprano's childhood flashback in "The Sopranos."HBO

Alessandro Nivola’s character in the “Sopranos” prequel, Dickie Moltisanti, serves as a mentor to young Tony.

Other actors cast in the film in unknown roles include New Jersey natives Vera Farmiga and Ray Liotta, Tony-winning “Hamilton” star Leslie Odom Jr., Jon Bernthal (“The Punisher”), Corey Stoll (“The Romanoffs,” “First Man”), Billy Magnussen (“Aladdin,” “Velvet Buzzsaw”) and John Magaro, who starred in the 2012 David Chase film “Not Fade Away.”

“The Sopranos” featured several flashbacks to Tony Soprano’s childhood that prominently featured young Tony at various ages as well as his father, Johnny Boy Soprano, his mother, Livia, his uncle, Junior, and his sister, Janice.

Have a tip? Amy Kuperinsky may be reached at akuperinsky@njadvancemedia.com. Follow her on Twitter @AmyKup or on Facebook.

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