In addition to writing and directing, Allen also plans to appear in the motion picture alongside a cast that also includes Alec Baldwin, Roberto Benigni, Penelope Cruz, Jesse Eisenberg, Greta Gerwig and Ellen Page.

Antonio Albanese, Fabio Armiliata, Alessandra Mastronardi, Ornella Muti, Flavio Parenti, Riccardo Scamarcio and Alessandro Tiberi are set to co-star in the film that begins production July 11 in Rome.

"The Bop Decameron" will be a contemporary spin on Giovanni Boccaccio’s medieval tale "The Decameron," a collection of erotic love stories, which has inspired a number of previous film adaptations. Allen's project will be a Gravier Productions film produced by Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum.

Pill, currently starring in The House of Blue Leaves, was nominated in 2006 for a Tony Award for her performance in Lieutenant of Inishmore, and has also been seen in The Miracle Worker and Mauritius.

Davis is known for portraying Judy Garland in the ABC mini-series "Me and My Shadows" and has been seen on stage in Insignificance at London's Royal Court Theatre.