Los Angeles:
Italian actress Monica Bellucci is all set to play actor Robert DeNiro's love interest in upcoming film Manual of Love 3.
The film has DeNiro playing a divorced American professor living in Rome. The actors' parts will be spoken partially in English and partially in Italian, Variety reported.
Producer Aurelio De Laurentiis said that while the first two movies in the franchise have been successful in Europe - making a combined total of USD 45 million at the Italian box office - he hopes that by casting the Oscar winner the third movie will reach a wider audience.
"This third one, with De Niro in the cast, will have greater international ambitions," he said.The movie will be directed by Giovanni Veronesi who directed the first two films.This will be the first foreign-language production for DeNiro since 1976, when he starred in Bernardo Bertolucci's 1900.
He currently has a number of movies in production including 'Meet The Parents' sequel Little Fockers
The film has DeNiro playing a divorced American professor living in Rome. The actors' parts will be spoken partially in English and partially in Italian, Variety reported.
Producer Aurelio De Laurentiis said that while the first two movies in the franchise have been successful in Europe - making a combined total of USD 45 million at the Italian box office - he hopes that by casting the Oscar winner the third movie will reach a wider audience.
"This third one, with De Niro in the cast, will have greater international ambitions," he said.The movie will be directed by Giovanni Veronesi who directed the first two films.This will be the first foreign-language production for DeNiro since 1976, when he starred in Bernardo Bertolucci's 1900.
He currently has a number of movies in production including 'Meet The Parents' sequel Little Fockers
