Gucci on the big screen

Ever since the success of The Devil Wears Prada we knew it was only a matter of time before another fashion-related film cropped up. The British director of Gladiator, Ridley Scott, confirmed last week in an US film newspaper Variety that he will be making a film based on Sara Gay Forden's book The House of Gucci, chronicling the glamorous life of the Gucci family.  The film will centre on the murder of Maurizio Gucci in 1995, for which his wife Patrizia Reggiani was convicted of arranging and is currently serving a 26-year prison sentence for. Regardless of the controversy the news is causing - Reggiani has already threatened to take legal action against the project - Scott Free Productions plans to begin filming next year and will be signed under Fox 2000 Pictures.

The book that is inspiring the film