Casting Stuff For Ridley Scott's GUCCI Is Now Happening...

Merrick here...
Ridley Scott's GUCCI drama is slowly starting to take shape, with script re-writes and casting talk now underway.

Ridley Scott is in discussions with Angelina Jolie for a femme fatale role in "Gucci," a drama about murder and decadence in the Gucci fashion dynasty. [EDIT] Scott is talking with Jolie to play Patrizia Reggiano, who was sentenced to 29 years in jail for plotting the murder of her ex-husband, Maurizio Gucci. [EDIT] ...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. [EDIT] The director has approached his "Body of Lies" star Leonardo DiCaprio, but he is not attached at this point.

' ...says Variety HERE. Here's a clip from a recent Gucci fashion show. Looks like a parade of vampires...