Hey, did you know that Angelina Jolie can play a femme fatale? Shocker, we know! Ridley Scott has tapped Jolie for a femme fatale role in Gucci, a drama about murder and decadence in the Gucci fashion dynasty.
Fox 2000 is fashioning a 2010 start date for the film, and Scott is in talks with Jolie to play Patrizia Reggiano, who was sentenced to 29 years in jail for plotting the murder of her ex-husband, Maurizio Gucci.
The film will center on the glamorous days of the Gucci family dynasty in the '70s and '80s when the family was selling $500 million in product annually. After years of bickering, 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 Tom Ford, Maurizio was gunned down in front of his Milan apartment in 1995.
Allegedly the director has approached his Body of Lies star Leonardo DiCaprio, but he is not attached at this point. Plus, judging from old photos, Leo looks nothing like the Gucci head honcho, but whatever.
This wouldn't be the only project of Jolie's in the pipeline (duh). Fox 2000 is also developing the Patricia Cornwell novel series about medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta for Jolie to play the lead role. Jolie is also likely to star with Sam Worthington in The Tourist, which will start production next year. She recently wrapped on Salt, in which she plays a CIA agent.
Siiiiigh. Angelina as a femme fatale? Been there, done that.
--Darcie Duttweiler
Fox 2000 is fashioning a 2010 start date for the film, and Scott is in talks with Jolie to play Patrizia Reggiano, who was sentenced to 29 years in jail for plotting the murder of her ex-husband, Maurizio Gucci.
The film will center on the glamorous days of the Gucci family dynasty in the '70s and '80s when the family was selling $500 million in product annually. After years of bickering, 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 Tom Ford, Maurizio was gunned down in front of his Milan apartment in 1995.
Allegedly the director has approached his Body of Lies star Leonardo DiCaprio, but he is not attached at this point. Plus, judging from old photos, Leo looks nothing like the Gucci head honcho, but whatever.
This wouldn't be the only project of Jolie's in the pipeline (duh). Fox 2000 is also developing the Patricia Cornwell novel series about medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta for Jolie to play the lead role. Jolie is also likely to star with Sam Worthington in The Tourist, which will start production next year. She recently wrapped on Salt, in which she plays a CIA agent.
Siiiiigh. Angelina as a femme fatale? Been there, done that.
--Darcie Duttweiler
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