After Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s opulent, star-studded wedding in June, A-list celebs will be hitting Venice again in August for the shoot of Netflix show Emily in Paris.
Venice mayor Luca Zaia confirmed the news on social media over the weekend revealing that the show will shoot in the lagoon city’s historic center from August 15 to 25, wrapping just two days before the Venice Film Festival kicks off across the water on the Venice Lido on August 27.
“The extraordinary news confirms that our territory is increasingly attractive to big audiovisual productions, thanks to its unique heritage and the teamwork between institutions and professionals in the sector,” Zaia wrote in his post.
Watch on Deadline
He saluted the Veneto Film Commission as well as local production company 360 Degrees Film for their work in location scouting with series director Andrew Fleming and helping to secure Venice as a spot as a location.
Emily in Paris Season 5 sees American expat Emily Cooper (Lily Collins) attempt to build a life Rome as she pursues her relationship with fashion scion Marcello (Eugenio Franceschini) while spearheading the Italian branch of French marketing company Agence Grateau.
Series creator Darren Starr has made it clear, however, that Emily will be continuing her relationship with Paris, with the show expected to move back to the French capital.
Netflix officially announced the start of the shoot in Italy on July 2, sharing a snap of Collins perched on a vespa.
Collins and Franceschini are joined in the cast by Academy Award–nominated actor Minnie Driver (Good Will Hunting, Will & Grace), French actor Michèle Laroque and U.S. actor Bryan Greenberg (Junction, Suits LA, How to Make it in America).
Driver plays Princess Jane, a friend of Emily’s Sylvie’s who married into a royal family, while Laroque will play Yvette, an old friend of Sylvie’s. Greenberg will play Jake, an American living in Paris.