Halle Bailey and Regé-Jean Page are set to star in “Italianna” for Universal Pictures.
The film will be directed by Kat Coiro (“Marry Me,” “Matlock”) from a screenplay Ryan Engle (“Rampage,” “Beast”), based on an original idea by Ryan Engle and Kristin Engle.
Will Packer and Johanna Byer will produce the film through Will Packer Productions’ first-look deal with Universal Pictures. Senior EVP Erik Baiers and director of development Jacqueline Garell will oversee the project for the studio. Alvie Hurtado will oversee the project for Will Packer Productions.
Bailey, Coiro, Engle and Packer are represented by CAA. Page is represented by UTA, Brillstein Entertainment Partners, Shelter PR and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole.
Coiro is also repped 3 Arts Entertainment and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern. Engle is also repped Michael Lasker at Mosaic, and Jeff Frankel at McKuin Frankel Whitehead LLP. Packer is also repped by Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole.
Deadline was first to report news of the developing project.
More to come…