‘Sopranos’ Creator Chase to Direct Rock Drama

Published by Jeff Leins on March 9, 2010

“Sopranos” creator David Chase is making his directorial debut on an untitled feature film, and it’s not about the Mafia.

According to Deadline, he’s planning a late summer/early fall start date for his first film based on a script he wrote.  It’s a drama about “a bunch of guys who form a rock back in the 60’s.”  Chase once worked as a drummer in several bands during the 60’s and had aspirations of becoming a professional musician.

It’s unclear what the story is based on, but a few speculated in the comments section of that website that it could be a Tommy James story titled “Me, the Mob, and the Music,” which would at least return Chase partially to the world of organized crime.  Unless one of them is Tony Soprano, it is still a bit of a let down for fans of the HBO series, especially after leaving so many unanswered questions in the cut-to-black ending set to Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’.”

Thankfully, Chase is writing, producing, and directing episodes of a HBO miniseries called “A Ribbon of Dreams” about the the invention of cinema and subsequent growth of the Hollywood film industry.  The show, starting in 1913, will follow two employees of D.W. Griffith as they grow up with the industry, crossing paths with the likes of John Ford, John Wayne, Bette Davis and others through the evolution of cinema.  The title is based on a famous Orson Welles quote, who once called film a “ribbon of dreams.”