‘Sopranos’ in HBO Family for Sixth Season
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – It’s official: Tony Soprano and his gang will rule the New Jersey streets for one more season.
“The Sopranos” creator/executive producer David Chase has reached an agreement with HBO to return for a sixth season of the hit mob drama.
The sixth season of the show will consist of 10 episodes rather than the 13-episode standard for the series. Production is slated to begin in early 2005, more than a year after the wrap of the series’ fifth season, currently in production.
“I’m delighted that David Chase has decided to give us another chapter in the great ‘Sopranos’ saga,” HBO chairman and CEO Chris Albrecht said.
Sources said all principal cast members are set to return, with the only question mark being Drea de Matteo. The actress, who plays the fiancee of Christopher Moltisanti (Michael Imperioli) on the show, was not invited to Chase’s meeting with the returning cast members earlier this week, sources said. After lobbying from actors on the show, Chase is said to be reconsidering her possible exit.
All actors will receive pay bumps for the sixth season, with the supporting players’ raises pegged at about 25%. And while the cast members will work on 10 episodes for the sixth season, they will be paid for 13, sources said.
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