"Paramount Pictures has hired screenwriter Andrea Berloff (World Trade Center) to pen a feature based on the Gucci family, reports Variety. Ridley Scott is attached to direct.

Scott's Scott Free production company would produce along with Giannina Facio who brought the project to Ridley and crew. The trade says that the exact storyline is unclear, although it is known to span many years and several locales tracking the lives of the Gucci clan, known for creating one of the elite fashion houses and putting its stamp on the fashion business over the course of decades.

However, behind the scenes the family dynasty was marred by soap opera-style drama: Paolo Gucci almost sent his father, Aldo Gucci, to prison for tax fraud; Maurizio Gucci was murdered in 1995; and his widow, Patrizia Gucci, was convicted three years later of ordering his assassination.

Scott likely won't make a decision on whether the Gucci biopic will be his next project until a new draft of the script comes in. He and Berloff will collaborate on the story.

Source: ComingSoon."