{"id":255986,"date":"2024-08-21T15:15:50","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T15:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/21\/everything-we-know-hollywood-life-7\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:11:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:11:58","slug":"everything-we-know-hollywood-life-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/21\/everything-we-know-hollywood-life-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything We Know \u2013 Hollywood Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"entry-media edge-to-edge entry-media--lead-image\" aria-describedby=\"lead-image-credit\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper image-wrapper--widescreen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"384\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-1915750235_2c08ce-e1724250630253.jpeg?quality=100&amp;w=384&amp;h=216&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-hl-384x216-tc size-hl-384x216-tc wp-post-image\" alt=\"David Chase is seen attending HBO's &quot;The Sopranos&quot; 25th anniversary celebration\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-1915750235_2c08ce-e1724250630253.jpeg?quality=100&amp;w=384&amp;h=216&amp;crop=1 384w, https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-1915750235_2c08ce-e1724250630253.jpeg?quality=100&amp;w=768&amp;h=432&amp;crop=1 768w, https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-1915750235_2c08ce-e1724250630253.jpeg?quality=100&amp;w=1536&amp;h=864&amp;crop=1 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 670px\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><figcaption id=\"lead-image-credit\">Image Credit: GC Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!-- .entry-media --><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\"><strong>David Chase<\/strong>, the creator of <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/pics\/the-sopranos-photos-show-pictures\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"><em>The Sopranos<\/em><\/a>, is finally getting his flowers. The writer, producer and director has the spotlight in HBO\u2019s upcoming documentary <em>Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos, <\/em>which showcases David\u2019s career and his thought process behind the show that \u201cchanged television,\u201d as the doc\u2019s trailer points out.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\"><em>The Sopranos<\/em> starred the late <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/pics\/james-gandolfini-pics\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"><strong>James Gandolfini<\/strong> <\/a>as Tony Soprano: an Italian-American mobster based in New Jersey, who struggles to juggle his personal life with his criminal business.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\"><strong>Hollywood Life<\/strong> has rounded up all the details about the upcoming <em>Sopranos<\/em> documentary, below.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is \u2018Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos\u2019 About?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\">The two-part documentary stars David as he recollects on creating the six-season series. In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9Ddc_ZW5-3g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">trailer<\/a>, the filmmaker noted that everyone was telling him, \u201cYou should write a show about your mother and yourself. And I thought, \u2018Well, who\u2019s going to watch that?\u2019 Then, I realized, \u2018Maybe if [the character] was, like, a really badass guy.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\">Documentarian <strong>Alex Gibney<\/strong> analyzes the behind-the-scenes elements that went into producing the show.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Wise Guy\u2019 Trailer<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe title=\"Wise Guy David Chase and The Sopranos | Official Trailer | HBO\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9Ddc_ZW5-3g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\">The doc further reveals that \u201cnobody else\u201d other than HBO wanted the series, David said in the trailer. Although he was already a \u201cTV veteran,\u201d others in the business knew he didn\u2019t have experience as a director.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-8\">\u201cI had no idea what I was doing,\u201d David admitted in another part of the trailer. \u201cBut I knew it was gonna be about money and death.\u201d Other creatives pointed out that the subject matter in David\u2019s pitch was controversial at the time, but they went ahead with it.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-9\">Upon being asked whether he saw himself in the character Tony, the teaser cuts away and focuses on David admitting, \u201cThe more I did <em>The Sopranos<\/em>, I began to realize that the movie never ends. It goes on and on and on. It\u2019s always mesmerized me.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>When Is the \u2018Wise Guy\u2019 Documentary Release Date?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-10\">Both parts of the doc will air consecutively on HBO on September 7 at 8:00 p.m. ET. It will also be available to stream on Max.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/sopranos-documentary-release-date-trailer-5313874\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Image Credit: GC Images David Chase, the creator of The Sopranos, is finally getting his flowers. 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