MGM has acquired the rights to director Ridley Scott’s drama about the assassination of the member of the Gucci family fashion empire that has Lady Gaga in early negotiations to star, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.
MGM will release the film theatrically on Thanksgiving 2021. The film will be released in the U.S. via MGM’s distribution joint venture United Artists Releasing, and Universal Pictures will handle distribution internationally.
The project would be Gaga’s first acting role since “A Star is Born,” and she would play Patrizia Reggiani, who in 1998 was convicted with ordering the killing of her husband Maurizio Gucci, the grandson to Gucci founder and fashion magnate Guccio Gucci. The public trial led to her being called the “Black Widow” in the media, and she served 18 years in prison in connection to the murder after originally being sentenced to 29 years. She was...
MGM will release the film theatrically on Thanksgiving 2021. The film will be released in the U.S. via MGM’s distribution joint venture United Artists Releasing, and Universal Pictures will handle distribution internationally.
The project would be Gaga’s first acting role since “A Star is Born,” and she would play Patrizia Reggiani, who in 1998 was convicted with ordering the killing of her husband Maurizio Gucci, the grandson to Gucci founder and fashion magnate Guccio Gucci. The public trial led to her being called the “Black Widow” in the media, and she served 18 years in prison in connection to the murder after originally being sentenced to 29 years. She was...
- 4/8/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
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