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Not according to this, from Eonline.
The Sopranos Goes Long
by Josh Grossberg
Mon, 20 Nov 2006 02:33:47 PM PST
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The Sopranos won't be sleeping with the fishes as soon as we thought.
HBO plans to air an extra episode of the series after creator David Chase and his fellow producers decided that eight wasn't enough to tie up all the loose ends of the seminal mobster drama before it goes to the great Bada Bing in the sky, a network rep confirmed.
"They going to give it a bonus episode, so fans are getting a bit of a holiday gift," HBO spokesman Quentin Schaffer tells E! Online. "They were originally going to do eight, but David Chase wanted the added episode to tell the story, and we obviously said, 'Sure.' "
The extra episode was green-lighted "several weeks ago," Schaffer says, adding that shooting is complete on the first six episodes.
Castmember Steve Schirripa, who plays Bobby "Bacala" Baccaleri, the husband of Tony's sister Janice, first broke the news about the surprise ninth episode to Celebrity Week at last weekend's Comedy Festival in Las Vegas. The actor, a Las Vegas native, also revealed that his character has so far avoided getting whacked.
With The Sopranos' small-screen goombas preparing for their collective swan song, Schirripa isn't about to go quietly, telling the online magazine he's currently developing a late-night talk-show pilot for Fox. Several other castmembers have deals in the works as well, including mob boss James Gandolfini, who has inked a development deal with HBO.
The Sopranos' final season is slated to begin airing Apr. 8, with the extension meaning the series finale airs in early June.
And for those who can't get enough of The Sopranos, Gandolfini and the rest of his crew have lent their voices to Sopranos: The Road to Respect, a videogame for PlayStation 2 that hit stores two weeks ago. (A version for the Xbox 360 is slated to be released early next year.)
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