Four years after Ridley Scott’s “House of Gucci” angered members of the Gucci family and a large part of Italy’s film community for what they claimed was a crass and inaccurate portrayal of the Gucci saga, pay-TV operator Sky has announced a high-end Italian TV series that will aim to set things right.
The six-episode series — titled “Gucci: Game Over” — will be directed by Gabriele Muccino, who helmed Will Smith-starrer “The Pursuit of Happyness” and a slew of Italian film and TV hits. The show is based on a memoir by Allegra Gucci, the daughter of Maurizio Gucci and Patrizia Reggiani (who were played by Adam Driver and Lady Gaga in “House of Gucci”).
“We will recount the Italian point of view as a response to ‘House of Gucci’ through the eyes of Allegra Gucci,” said Nils Hartmann, EVP Sky Studios Italy during an upfront presentation of Comcast-owned Sky Italia.
On March 27, 1995, Maurizio Gucci, the head of the Gucci fashion house and grandson of brand founder Guccio Gucci, was shot dead on the doorstep of his Milan office. The crime was organized by his ex-wife Patrizia Reggiani, who was convicted in 1998.
Allegra Gucci’s book — which is in the form of letters to her murdered father — reveals many family secrets, talks about her parents’ relationship before and after the divorce and describes the details of the March 1995 murder.
“After ‘House of Gucci,’ I had the opportunity to tell this important story,” Allegra Gucci said at the Sky presentation, noting that she was “very disappointed” by the Ridley Scott film “because it was a missed opportunity to tell a real and powerful story.”
“It’s a very complex story that we are depicting from Allegra’s point of view,” Muccino added. “It’s a story with plenty of pain, but also glamour, money and power which is the reason why this family group cannibalized itself.”
Shooting on “Gucci: Game Over” is set to start in the spring of 2026. The show is being co-produced by Sky Studios and Italy’s Lucky Red.
“It’s a story that is known around the world, both due to the fame of the brand and the tragedy involved,” said Lucky Red chief Andrea Occhipinti. He also specified that the “Gucci: Game Over” cast will be all Italian — Italy’s film community was not pleased about that fact that Ridley Scott did not use any Italian actors in lead “House of Gucci” roles.
While fully Italian in terms of talent, the “Gucci: Game Over” TV series certainly has international ambitions.
“The prospect of making this important series with Sky gives it international scope,” Occhipinti noted, saying that he is already getting positive feedback from the global market.
