{"id":29615,"date":"2025-07-01T10:36:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T10:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/29615\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T10:36:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T10:36:12","slug":"aziza-scott-joins-italianna-cast-with-halle-bailey-rege-jean-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/29615\/","title":{"rendered":"Aziza Scott Joins &#8216;Italianna&#8217; Cast with Halle Bailey, Rege-Jean Page"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAziza Scott is the latest actor to join \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/italianna\/\" id=\"auto-tag_italianna\" data-tag=\"italianna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Italianna<\/a>,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/universal-pictures\/\" id=\"auto-tag_universal-pictures\" data-tag=\"universal-pictures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Universal Pictures<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/will-packer-productions\/\" id=\"auto-tag_will-packer-productions\" data-tag=\"will-packer-productions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Will Packer Productions<\/a>\u2018 <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/halle-bailey-rege-jean-page-italianna-universal-1236350066\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">upcoming romantic comedy<\/a> starring Halle Bailey and Reg\u00e9-Jean Page.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tScott, who is best known for roles in TV shows like \u201cHome Before Dark,\u201d \u201cThe Fosters\u201d and \u201cInsecure,\u201d most recently delivered a standout turn in \u201cOne of Them Days,\u201d the hit buddy comedy movie starring Keke Palmer and SZA. In the movie, produced by Issa Rae, Palmer and SZA play best friends in a race against the clock to deliver their rent money, with Scott\u2019s Berniece as one of their most menacing, yet hilarious, hurdles. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tNow, Scott brings her comedic chops to \u201cItalianna,\u201d appearing alongside Bailey, Page and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/marco-calvani-italianna-halle-bailey-rege-jean-page-1236425065\/\">Marco Calvani<\/a>. Directed by Kat Coiro (\u201cMarry Me,\u201d \u201cMatlock\u201d) from a screenplay by Ryan Engle (\u201cRampage,\u201d \u201cBeast\u201d), the film is based on an original idea by Ryan and Kristin Engle. Plot details, including Scott\u2019s role, are being kept under wraps. \u201cItalianna\u201d will be released theatrically on April 10, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWill Packer and Johanna Byer will produce the film through Will Packer Productions\u2019 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. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/biz\/news\/angela-bassett-darrell-miller-variety-power-of-law-2025-1236365065\/\">recent interview with Variety<\/a>, Packer described the project as \u201caspirational,\u201d teasing the target audience he had in mind while developing the movie: a Black woman in the Gen Z age bracket. \u201cI want her to see herself on that screen and believe in the dream and promise of love and greater things beyond our world,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tScott is represented by TalentWorks, Neon Kite and Cohen Gardner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aziza Scott is the latest actor to join \u201cItalianna,\u201d Universal Pictures and Will Packer Productions\u2018 upcoming romantic comedy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":29616,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[185,171,25287,67,132,184,68,25288],"class_list":{"0":"post-29615","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-italianna","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-universal-pictures","14":"tag-us","15":"tag-will-packer-productions"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114777541492642860","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}