>> Ridley Scott on Filming the Gucci Movie, Its Rumored Stars —Over the weekend, Ridley Scott confirmed that he hopes to wrap filming on the still untitled Gucci movie by early next Summer (for an early 2011 theater release).  He added that despite rumors of Angelina Jolie and Leonardo DiCaprio starring, it's still too early for casting: first order is to “get the script absolutely right" — the current script is "kind of getting there."  Scott's girlfriend, Giannina Facio, who shares producer duties on the film did emphasize the amount of research going into the biopic: “I went and met with all the Gucci members. We read memoirs.” [WWD]

>> Marc Jacobs and Lorenzo Martone originally planned on having a very small, two-person wedding at the end of August.  It was never confirmed after the fact, though, and it sounds like that's because it hasn't happened yet.  Jacobs told the Times UK: "We still haven’t fixed the date but Lorenzo and I believe in commitment. We’re quite classic like that. We’ve got the licence, hence the rumours that we’d already got married. So hopefully it will happen in 2010. When it does, it will be very low-key."

Jacobs says that the economy has affected him personally — "I’ve cut back, because my partner Lorenzo and I are buying a house in the West Village in New York" — but it sounds like it hasn't affected Louis Vuitton the way it has Versace, Zac Posen, and Gucci — the former has announced impending layoffs, and cuts are expected to be announced at the latter two. "In terms of what’s selling at Louis Vuitton, the recession hasn’t changed anything . . . our sales are up and I haven’t noticed that people’s tastes have got more subdued. There’s this huge cult following of almost crazy people at Vuitton who just want whatever they buy to be exclusive."

>> Gucci, Louis Vuitton, and Dolce & Gabbana Campaigns Under Way —Last week, Gucci wrapped its Spring 2010 ad campaign shoot in Miami, with Emmanuelle Alt styling once again, and this week, it sounds like Louis Vuitton and Dolce & Gabbana are taking care of business.  Mary Alice Stephenson Tweets that Vuitton is shooting today in New York — Lara Stone has reportedly replaced Madonna for the brand, with Steven Meisel on photo duty — while Stefano Gabbana and Domenico Dolce left for New York earlier today for their ad campaign shoot — funnily enough, Madonna is said to be on Dolce & Gabbana menswear duty this upcoming season. [@LiveFashionWeek, @maryalicestyle, @stefanogabbana]

>> Chanel has enjoyed a rash of Coco-centered films this year, and now it's Gucci's turn: a Gucci family-centered Ridley Scott vehicle, which has been in the works for years now, sounds like it may finally be moving forward — with Angelina Jolie in a leading role.

Scott and Jolie are currently in discussion, with the role of Patrizia Reggiano, who was sentenced to 29 years in jail for plotting the murder of her ex-husband Maurizio Gucci, on the table.  A 2010 start date is being eyed for the film, reports Variety, but the script (which follows Gucci family through its heydey of the '70s and '80s, the subsequent power struggles, and the emergence of Maurizio, grandson of founder Guccio Gucci, to power — he put Tom Ford in place — before he was gunned down in front of his Milan apartment in 1995) is still in development. A Maurizio has yet to be cast — though Leonardo DiCaprio has been approached for the role.

>> Daphne Guinness Likens Topshop to Gucci —Style.com has an interview with Daphne Guinness coming out on Friday.  Among the tidbits: "People think I'm Miss Couture but I know how to do it. I kid you not, I once did a shoot with just rubbish bags." On Topshop: "It's so great. I buy stuff there that you'd find in Gucci."  And on her iconic black and white-streaked hair: "There's no way I can get rid of it unless I shave my head and dye it black." [Meenal Mistry Twitter, Meenal Mistry Twitter, Meenal Mistry Twitter]

>> New York Fashion Week is just about two weeks away, and the tidbits are flowing freely — a compilation of those so far:

Venue Changes

• Zac Posen, who usually shows at the largest Bryant Park venue in Fashion Week's last evening slot, has switched to a 9 am slot at the much smaller Altman Building [Fashionista]
• Organic, but not vegetarian: John Patrick is showing his eco-friendly Organic line in an upstairs speakeasy at iconic New York steakhouse Keens [FWD]

Alexander Wang bags a top-tier stylist »

>> Just a few days after LVMH reported a decline, causing all marketing to be cut save for its top-performing brands, PPR reported a 76 percent decline in first-half profits. Tomas Maier can breathe a sigh of relief: the company's only area of growth was Bottega Veneta, on which PPR has been focusing, which saw an 8.6 percent rise in sales in the second quarter.

At flagship brand Gucci, which accounts for the bulk of Gucci Group's profits, Frida Giannini was credited by PPR chairman Francois-Henri Pinault for bolstering PPR as a whole with sustained demand for her bags in China.

As for any incoming Gucci Group brands . . . »

>> INSIDER WIRE —Don't expect Gucci or Versace to go for a major resort runway production, a la Chanel. Frida Giannini admits: "Although I have shown the Cruise collection on the runway on a couple of special occasions in the past, I feel that these pre-collections for both men and women, which are ultimately more commercially driven, are more appropriately presented to buyers and press in the showroom."  And Donatella Versace agrees: "[Resort is] a commercial collection and having a full blown runway show can be confusing as it ruins the ‘commercialized’ moment." But Donatella is considering switching her runway shows up: “I’ve been thinking about doing a virtual runway show for over a year — we need to find a new formula.” [NYTimes]

>> ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL —The first of many Fall 2009 Gucci ads has dropped, this one featuring Anja Rubik. Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin still did the photographing honors, but the look is a hard-edged change from the pastoral, verdant ads of seasons past.  Expected in upcoming images: perennial Gucci faces like Jacquetta Wheeler, Raquel Zimmermann, Freja Beha Erichsen, Natasha Poly, and Abbey Lee Kershaw, with a few surprises — Myf Shepherd, Dree Hemingway, and Jamie Bochert. [TFS, TFS, TFS]