根据HBO大热剧集《黑道家族》改编的电影将问世,新线正在打造该剧前传电影[纽瓦克圣人](The Many Saints of Newark,暂译)。原剧编剧兼监制大卫·切斯及编剧劳伦斯·康纳尔操刀新片剧本,大卫·切斯任制片。影片故事背景设定在上世纪60年代纽瓦克暴力活动猖獗地带,黑帮争斗频发。该剧于1999年至2007年播出,共六季,获21项艾美奖、5项金球奖。原剧主演詹姆斯·甘多菲尼、弗兰克·文森特相继于2013年、去年去世。据悉原剧中多个粉丝熟悉的形象将现身大银幕。
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21-year-old Cioma Schönhaus won't let anyone take away his zest for life, especially not the Nazis. He wants to discover life, but has the misfortune of living as a Jewish person in Berlin in the 1940s. Since the best hiding spots are in plain sight, Cioma decides to go out into the light to escape deportation. Using the identity of a marine officer he created for himself, he throws himself into the city's nightlife and even finds a fragile hope for love during the darkest moments of the war. Throughout the day he forges IDs with just a brush, some ink and a steady hand - and saves the lives of many others. His talent puts him in more and more danger, though, and at some point Cioma's only hope to survive is a last forged ID - with his own name on it.
SHEPHERD is based on the award-winning and bestselling Israeli novel, "The Jewish Dog," by Asher Kravitz. Kaleb, a beloved German Shepherd, is separated from his Jewish family when the Nuremberg Laws are enacted in WWII Berlin. He is adopted by an SS Officer who trains him to attack and round up Jews at a concentration camp. Kaleb is well cared for and good at his job until one day when he is distracted by a familiar scent. His original master, a young boy named Joshua, has arrived as a prisoner of the camp. Kaleb has not lost his loyalty to Joshua who finds solace in secretly visiting his dog at night. Joshua's life is at risk. Together they escape the camp and after months of near-death experiences, they are found by partisans who help Joshua make safe passage to Israel.