'The Sopranos' Cast Reunites For 20th Anniversary With One Tragic Exception

To mark the milestone, the cast of the hit series reunited at a special event celebrating the series, called Woke Up This Morning: The Sopranos 20th Anniversary Celebration, held at New York's SVA Theatre.

In attendance on the night were some familiar - though slightly older - faces, including Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Robert Iler, Michael Imperioli, Dominic Chianese, Tony Sirico, Lorraine Bracco, Annabelle Sciorra, Edie Falco, John Ventimiglia, Steven Van Zandt, and Vincent Curatola.

There was however, one important person missing from the special event - the late James Gandolfini, who starred as the troubled lead character and head of the crime family, Tony Soprano.

The actor tragically died in 2013 after suffering a heart attack aged just 51, and was instead represented by his 19-year-old son, Michael.

The emotional reunion also included a candid interview with the show's cast and its creator, David Chase, who spoke about the show's finale as well as new commemorative book, The Sopranos Sessions.

Over the course of the series, we see him slowly unravel, mentally and emotionally, eventually opening up to therapist Dr Melfi about family life, his troubled childhood and, even more tentatively, his life of crime.

It wasn't long before critics were falling over themselves to praise the show, with the New York Times going so far as to say it 'just may be the greatest work of American popular culture of the last quarter century'.

But if rumours are to be believed, fans of the brutal drama could soon see the show return - at least in some form - with the creator understood to be working on a movie, called The Many Saints of Newark, which would focus on Tony Soprano's childhood.