“The Sopranos” creator David Chase, speaking at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival on Wednesday, said he’s thinking of making a movie or TV show centered on Italian Americans moving to Italy.
The seven-time Emmy winner, who was delivering an industry talk about the impact of his HBO drama about an Italian-American mafia boss in New Jersey, said, “I’d like to do something about Italian Americans … this happens a lot lately … Italian Americans who buy property in Italy, because apparently Italy sells these houses for… Lorraine Bracco [who played Dr. Jennifer Melfi in ‘The Sopranos’] got one for nothing.
“But they sell these houses in these abandoned towns, and a lot of … all kinds of Americans are buying these houses and moving there because things in our country are questionable.
“I’d like to do a story about that, about four people, Italian Americans, going back to the old country, and what surprises they have in store for them.”
Chase also said he’d like to reteam with four actors – John Magaro, Jack Huston, Will Brill and Bella Heathcote – from 2012 movie “Not Fade Away,” which Chase wrote and directed.
