First published in May 2016, Love & Gelato comes from author Jenna Evans Welch who also is known for Spells for Lost Things and follow-ups to Love & Gelato. Those follow-ups include Love & Luck and Love & Olives.
Now it’s worth noting at this point that Netflix has yet to officially announce Love & Gelato. The Hollywood trade magazines also haven’t featured the project in any form either.
We have several indications that the project is at Netflix, however. Firstly, a production source in Italy confirms the project, an IMDb page also exists and Netflix recently registered a copyright for the movie in the United States.
Brandon Camp is reportedly on board to write and direct the feature film.
Camp is perhaps best known for directing and producing the 2018 reboot of Benji that was released on Netflix exclusively. He’s also been involved with projects such as 2009’s Love Happens (which was produced by Netflix’s Scott Stuber) and also wrote 2002’s fantasy drama Dragon Fly from Universal Pictures.
In terms of cast, Robin Tunney (most known for The Craft and more recently Netflix’s Horse Girl) will play the role of Hadley Emerson.
Owen McDonnell (known for Killing Eve) will play Howard.
Anjelika Washington (known for Netflix’s Tall Girl) will play Addie
Valentina Lodovini is on board to play Francesca, Susanna Skaggs will play Lina Emerson and Tera Hendrickson will play a priest.
You can find more members of the cast on the IMDb page.
Anjelika Washington posted numerous photos while in Italy throughout the summer of 2021 with Jenna Evan Welch (the author the book) commenting that it’s her “absolute favorite spot in the entire world”.
Filming took place in Tuscany, Italy (specifically Florence) throughout June 2021 according to the Toscana Film Commission Facebook page. They state (translated from Italian):
That’s all we have on Netflix’s Love & Gelato adaptation so far, we’ll keep you posted as and when we learn more.
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