Ridley Scott’s latest project is House of Gucci, starring Lady Gaga and Adam Driver, and here’s everything you need to know about it. Ridley Scott is one of the most respected filmmakers in the industry thanks to his work in movies like the sci-fi classics Alien and Blade Runner, the buddy road movie Thelma & Louise, the historical drama Gladiator, and the crime movie American Gangster, which have made him a favorite of the audience. Although he has mostly stayed in the realms of action and crime, he’s exploring a new side of this with the biographical crime movie House of Gucci.
The project has been in development for years and went through many changes since it was announced back in 2006, and at the time, Scott was set to direct, and Angelina Jolie and Leonardo DiCaprio were rumored to be the chosen ones to play Patrizia Reggiani and Maurizio Gucci, respectively. In 2012, Scott was replaced by his daughter, Jordan Scott, and Penélope Cruz was said to be in talks to play Reggiani. House of Gucci went through more changes in 2016 with Wong Kar-Wai taking over and Margot Robbie in consideration to play Reggiani, but in 2019, the project went back to Ridley Scott’s hands and Lady Gaga was officially announced as the star, with Adam Driver joining a few months later as Maurizio Gucci.
House of Gucci began filming in February 2021 in Italy and the first official images of Gaga and Driver as Reggiani and Gucci were revealed shortly after, drawing a lot of attention to the project – but what is the story about, who are the rest of the cast, and when will the movie be released? Here’s everything you need to know about House of Gucci.
House Of Gucci Story
House of Gucci is based on the 2001 book The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed by Sara Gay Forden, and it tells the story of Maurizio Gucci, head of the Gucci fashion house, and his wife Patrizia Reggiani. Maurizio Gucci was killed in 1995 by a hired hitman and Patrizia was convicted of arranging his murder. House of Gucci follows the events that led to Maurizio Gucci’s murder and the aftermath of it.
House Of Gucci Cast
As mentioned above, Lady Gaga is playing Patrizia Reggiani and Adam Driver is playing Maurizio Gucci, and they are joined by some big and popular names. Al Pacino plays Aldo Gucci, Maurizio’s uncle; Jared Leto as Paolo Gucci, Aldo’s son; Jeremy Irons as Rodolfo Gucci, Maurizio’s father; Jack Huston as Domenico de Sole, chairman of Tom Ford International and former president and CEO of Gucci Group; Reeve Carney as Tom Ford; Mădălina Diana Ghenea as Sophia Loren, and Salma Hayek as clairvoyant Giuseppina "Pina" Auriemma.
House Of Gucci Release Date
House Of Gucci is scheduled to be released on November 24, 2021, in the US and on November 26 in the UK, and following its theatrical release, it will be available to stream on Paramount+. If the project doesn’t go through any delays due to the coronavirus pandemic or other factors, House of Gucci will surely see the light before 2021 is over.