Ridley Scott's Gucci Film Moving Foward
Ridley Scott is in discussions with Angelina Jolie for the femme fatale role in “Gucci,” a drama about murder and decadence in the Gucci fashion dynasty. And we are told that Leonardo DiCaprio is being pursued to play the slain fashion magnate.
Fox 2000 is fashioning a 2010 start date for the film, and Scott is talking with Jolie to play Patrizia Gucci, who was sentenced to 29 years in jail for plotting the murder of her ex, Maurizio Gucci.
The studio is about to hire a scribe to rewrite the drama that recaptures the glamorous days of the Gucci family dynasty in the 1970s and 80s, when the family was selling $500 million in product annually. Squabbles hobbled the clan until Maurizio, the grandson of founder Guccio Gucci, came out on top of a power struggle to run the family business. Just when he was about to reestablish the brand name by debuting a line designed by newcomer--and now film director--Tom Ford, Maurizio was gunned down in front of his Milan apartment in 1995.
There are still moving pieces in the package--the script is still being developed and Scott needs to lock down an actor to play Maurizio.
As for Jolie, she is likely to next star with Sam Worthington in “The Tourist,” the Spyglass thriller that has Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck in line to direct. Pending a deal with the director, the hope is to begin production early next year.
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Source-Variety
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