After months of speculation, MGM has finally dropped the highly anticipated trailer of their upcoming film ‘House of Gucci’, in which the film stars Adam Driver and Lady Gaga as Mr. and Mrs. Gucci. A series of character posters were also released before the trailer launch.
The film, directed by Ridley Scott, details the murder of Maurizio Gucci (Driver), grandson of famed fashion designer Guccio Gucci, and the fall of the Gucci family’s fashion dynasty.
Gaga portrays socialite Patrizia Reggiani, Maurizio’s ex-wife, who was tried and convicted of murder after she left for a younger woman. She served 18 years in prison, where she earned the nickname Black Widow, before being released in 2016. Salma Hayek will play Pina Aurimma, a clairvoyant friend of Regiani.
“It was a name that sounded so sweet, so seductive, synonymous with value, style, power, but that name was also a curse,” Gaga’s Reggiani says in a voiceover that opens the trailer for the life of the Italian. Gives a glimpse into the fashion family.
“I don’t consider myself a particularly moral person. But I’m fair,” Gaga added to the tune of Blondie’s ‘Heart of Glass’.
The film’s trailer offered up all the glitz and glamor from the Italian fashion house in the ’90s, complete with the couple’s lavish wedding, lavish lifestyle and something more sinister, a murder. Wild nights at Gucci fashion shows and discos are also part of the drama that leads up to the murder.
The character posters that surfaced hours before the trailer launch featured Gaga as Regiani, Driver as Maurizio Gucci, Pacino as Aldo Gucci, Leto as Paolo Gucci and Irons as Rodolfo Gucci.
‘House of Gucci’ is based on the novel ‘The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamor and Greed’ by Roberto Bentvigna. The star-studded cast also includes Al Pacino, Jared Leto and Jeremy Irons. The film is produced by MGM, Brawn Creative and Scott Free Productions.
“This project has been a labor of love for both Ridley and me for a long time. The story is so epic, the stakes are so high and the characters are so richly drawn,” said Giannina Scott, who produced the film with her husband. doing construction. Banner according to The Hollywood Reporter.
MGM’s President of Film Michael De Luca also expressed his excitement to be part of the studio bringing the project to life in a statement. “Nothing embodies bold, audacious originality more than a film by Ridley Scott.”
Filmed in Europe, “House of Gucci” is Gaga’s first film since “A Star Is Born,” which earned her Oscar and Golden Globe nominations. The film by United Artists is scheduled to release in the US on November 24.
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