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Angelina Jolie is reportedly set to play the lead in Gucci, the upcoming film about the Italian fashion dynasty.

Following a recent slew of high fashion happenings on the big screen (think Coco Before Chanel, The September Issue, Tom Ford’s directional debut, A Single Man), things had become a little quiet on the film front, so hooray for reports that Angelina Jolie has been secured as the female lead in upcoming flick Gucci.

The starlet looks set to play Patrizia Reggiani, who was sentenced to 29 years in prison in 1995 for arranging a successful hit on Gucci boss – and her ex-husband – Maurizio Gucci. Understandably, the case dominated the fashion gossip columns for years, with Reggiani being dubbed the ‘Black Widow’.

Even before the addition of La Jolie to its cast, the film promised to be a sartorial feast for sore eyes. It will chart the rise and rise of the glamorous Gucci empire – which was founded in 1921 – in the ’70s and ’80s, through to the controversy in which it became mired in the ’90s.

Further details remain thin on the ground but it is believed that the film, which will be made by Fox 2000 and directed by Ridley Scott, will begin production next year – and that Leonardo DiCaprio has been approached to play the part of Maurizio.

Picture: Angelina Jolie with beau Brad Pitt