{"id":520105,"date":"2026-07-01T15:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T15:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/520105\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T15:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T15:21:09","slug":"bille-august-to-direct-giorgio-armani-biopic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/520105\/","title":{"rendered":"Bille August To Direct Giorgio Armani Biopic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tTwo-Time Palme d\u2019Or Winner Bille August has been tapped to direct <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/armani-the-king-of-fashion-2\/\" id=\"auto-tag_armani-the-king-of-fashion-2\" data-tag=\"armani-the-king-of-fashion-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Armani: The King of Fashion<\/a>, a feature biopic of the late fashion giant <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/giorgio-armani\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Giorgio Armani<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe project is being produced by Andrea Iervolino (Ferrari). The film will follow the personal and professional evolution of Armani, widely regarded as among the most influential designers in 20th and 21st-century fashion. Armani was an intensely private man but had a longstanding personal relationship with his business partner, the architect, fashion designer and businessman Sergio Galeotti, who died of complications from AIDS in 1985.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIt\u2019s not clear at this stage whether the film will take in Armani\u2019s private life or focus solely on his work on the runway and red carpet. It\u2019s also not clear whether Iervolino has sought collaboration from the Armani family on the project. Deadline has asked the question.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tArmani passed away on September 4, aged 91, due to liver failure. The icon was previously the subject of a 2015 short film by Martin Scorsese. Crash writer Bobby Moresco, who has teamed with Iervolino multiple times and is directing the producer\u2019s upcoming biopic Maserati: The Brothers starring Al Pacino, Anthony Hopkins, Andy Garcia and Jessica Alba, is attached to write the screenplay for the Armani biopic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAugust\u2019s credits include The Best Intentions, Pelle the Conqueror, and The Count of Monte Cristo. Speaking about August, Iervolino described the filmmaker as an artist whose work is \u201cdistinguished by elegance, emotional intelligence and a remarkable respect for the lives he portrays.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cThose qualities perfectly mirror Giorgio Armani\u2019s own values: refinement, authenticity, vision and timeless excellence,\u201d Iervolino said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cThis film is not simply the story of an iconic designer. It is the story of a man whose work has become part of Italy\u2019s cultural identity and whose influence extends far beyond fashion. We wanted a filmmaker capable of honoring that legacy with sensitivity, intelligence and cinematic beauty.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two-Time Palme d\u2019Or Winner Bille August has been tapped to direct Armani: The King of Fashion, a feature&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[238050,146,12480,85,46],"class_list":["post-520105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-armani-the-king-of-fashion","tag-entertainment","tag-giorgio-armani","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}