Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman and Jack Nicholson are set to play themselves on holiday in Italy in a film, according to reports in the Italian media.

The locations of the Sorvino’s movie are various: Versilia between Viareggio and Forte dei Marmi, the Franceschi’s “Capannina” , la “Bussola” and a sortie in Calabria. And, indeed, the Abruzzo that Hollywood has already learned to know thanks to productions in the seventies and eighties, Ladyhawke by King David with Richard Gere filmed between Campo Imperatore and Rocca Calascio for the joy of L’Aquila university students  hired for the battle scenes, where the protagonist was the king of Israel. The impulse of a couple of Film Commission L’Aquila and Castel di Sangro) continued to bring in Abruzzo productions more or less prestigious, but a strategy designed to promote the area through cinema has never considered because the usual local rivalry. Now it seems that the D’Alfonso (President of Regione Abruzzo)  intends to bring together stakeholders in the constitution of the structure that not only facilitate the stay of the crew helping in troubleshooting (on the permissions for location…) but will allow facilities to offer special prices duraing shooting and then take advantage of the advertising-induced films shot on the spot. Porretta Terme (with Pupi Avati), Gubbio (with Don Matteo) and the Salento (with Ozpetek) have achieved exceptional Return of Investment  for tourism of film and television productions.

Meanwhile, let’s enjoy the return of the Hollywood superstar in our country who are able to unleash a great popular enthusiasm.