'The Sopranos' Creator David Chase on LSD Movie, Trump Concerns
Variety • • entertainment
Key Points:
- David Chase, creator of "The Sopranos," is independently working on a film about LSD featuring a college DJ, and developing an HBO series titled "Project: MKUltra," based on CIA mind-control experiments during the Cold War.
- The "Project: MKUltra" series will explore real-life chemist Sidney Gottlieb's role in the CIA's psychedelic program and its ironic transformation of LSD from a weapon to a party and spiritual drug.
- Chase expressed concern about potential political censorship in the U.S., comparing it to past TV restrictions and warning about the risk of creative limitations under current political climates.
- Despite his success, Chase has struggled to get new projects greenlit since "The Sopranos," though he remains interested in reviving past ideas like the "Superman" spoof "Ultimo" and is open to filming in Europe for cost and creative reasons.
- Reflecting on contemporary Hollywood, Chase criticized the industry's reluctance to take risks and admitted to watching less new content due to the immersive nature of his own storytelling universe.
