4 years after Ridley Scott’s “Home of Gucci” angered members of the Gucci household and a big a part of Italy’s movie neighborhood for what they claimed was a crass and inaccurate portrayal of the Gucci saga, pay-TV operator Sky has introduced a high-end Italian TV collection that may purpose to set issues proper.
The six-episode collection — titled “Gucci: Recreation Over” — can be directed by Gabriele Muccino, who helmed Will Smith-starrer “The Pursuit of Happyness” and a slew of Italian movie and TV hits. The present relies on a memoir by Allegra Gucci, the daughter of Maurizio Gucci and Patrizia Reggiani (who had been performed by Adam Driver and Woman Gaga in “Home of Gucci”).
“We are going to recount the Italian perspective as a response to ‘Home of Gucci’ by the eyes of Allegra Gucci,” stated Nils Hartmann, EVP Sky Studios Italy throughout an upfront presentation of Comcast-owned Sky Italia.
On March 27, 1995, Maurizio Gucci, the top of the Gucci trend home and grandson of brand name founder Guccio Gucci, was shot useless on the doorstep of his Milan workplace. The crime was organized by his ex-wife Patrizia Reggiani, who was convicted in 1998.
Allegra Gucci’s guide — which is within the type of letters to her murdered father — reveals many household secrets and techniques, talks about her dad and mom’ relationship earlier than and after the divorce and describes the small print of the March 1995 homicide.
“After ‘Home of Gucci,’ I had the chance to inform this essential story,” Allegra Gucci stated on the Sky presentation, noting that she was “very disillusioned” by the Ridley Scott movie “as a result of it was a missed alternative to inform an actual and highly effective story.”
“It’s a really complicated story that we’re depicting from Allegra’s perspective,” Muccino added. “It’s a narrative with loads of ache, but in addition glamour, cash and energy which is the rationale why this household group cannibalized itself.”
Capturing on “Gucci: Recreation Over” is about to start out within the spring of 2026. The present is being co-produced by Sky Studios and Italy’s Fortunate Pink.
“It’s a narrative that’s identified all over the world, each as a result of fame of the model and the tragedy concerned,” stated Fortunate Pink chief Andrea Occhipinti. He additionally specified that the “Gucci: Recreation Over” forged can be all Italian — Italy’s movie neighborhood was not happy about that undeniable fact that Ridley Scott didn’t use any Italian actors in lead “Home of Gucci” roles.
Whereas absolutely Italian when it comes to expertise, the “Gucci: Recreation Over” TV collection definitely has worldwide ambitions.
“The prospect of creating this essential collection with Sky provides it worldwide scope,” Occhipinti famous, saying that he’s already getting optimistic suggestions from the worldwide market.
