Los Angeles, March 27 -- Halle Bailey and Rege-Jean Page will share screen space in 'Italianna.'

Kat Coiro has come on board to direct the project. As per Deadline, Ryan Engle wrote the screenplay for the film based on an original idea by Ryan Engle and Kristin Engle.

Plot details are being kept under wraps. Will Packer and Johanna Byer will produce the film through Will Packer Productions' first-look deal with Universal Pictures.

Bailey is best known as a half of the five-time Grammy-nominated duo Chloe x Halle but launched her film career starring as Ariel in Disney's live-action The Little Mermaid pic in 2023. She followed that up by joining Warner Bros' reimagining of The Color Purple.

Nominated for an Emmy and two SAG Awards for ...