Checco Zalone Is Thinking Bigger: “Making A Film Outside Italy Would Be A Dream”

After three big Italian successes, Checco Zalone thinks it’s time to try for one beyond Italian borders. The comic from Puglia was giving a speech to 700 college students and revealed, “We are trying to learn how to take my comedy abroad”, and added, “we’d like to try tell a story with international appeal.”

“We’ve also sold the rights for our last film, Sole a Catinelle, and they’ll soon be doing a remake in France.”

Zalone, born Luca Medici on June 3, 1966 in Bari has made three films since 2009, each one more successful than the last. The second, Che Bella Giornata, outdid Roberto Benigni’s La Vita è Bella in Italy, and the third, Sole a Catinelle made an astounding, record-setting 54 million euro.

So will Checco make it outside Italian borders? It seems that he understands that his comedy will have to be modified for a more general, international audience, but is he funny?