In a twist that has stunned friends and fashion insiders alike, the family of the late designer Kate Spade\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 who for years after her passing demanded total privacy and warned loved ones never\u00a0to speak publicly about her \u2014 are now making a feature film\u00a0about her life.<\/p>\n Sources tell Straight Shuter that Kate\u2019s niece, former Marvelous Mrs. Maisel\u00a0star Rachel Brosnahan<\/strong>, is stepping into the director\u2019s chair for the first time \u2014 and Kate\u2019s estranged husband, Andy Spade<\/strong>, is serving as executive producer. The move has left many in the late designer\u2019s inner circle<\/a> \u201cconfused and hurt,\u201d according to one insider.<\/p>\n NDZ\/starmaxinc.com\/Newscom\/The Mega Agency<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cFor years, everyone was told to stay quiet \u2014 no interviews, no books, no documentaries,\u201d says a source close to the family. \u201cNow suddenly, the same people who demanded silence are making their own movie. It feels hypocritical.\u201d<\/p>\n After Kate\u2019s tragic death in 2018 at age 55, family members insisted on protecting her privacy, threatening to cut off anyone who spoke to the press. \u201cThey wanted to control the narrative then \u2014 and they still do,\u201d the insider adds.<\/p>\n The as-yet-untitled project is said to be a deeply personal look at the beloved designer\u2019s creative life and struggles. But behind the scenes, tensions are simmering.<\/p>\n \u201cEveryone adored Kate,\u201d says a former colleague. \u201cThey just wish the people who silenced her story for years weren\u2019t the ones finally telling it.\u201d<\/p>\n This story Rachel Brosnahan Set to Direct Film About Aunt Kate Spade, Late Designer\u2019s Pals \u2018Confused and Hurt\u2019 (Exclusive)<\/a> first appeared on National Enquirer<\/i><\/a>. Add National Enquirer<\/i> as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In a twist that has stunned friends and fashion insiders alike, the family of the late designer Kate Spade\u00a0\u2014 who for years after her passing demanded total privacy and warned loved ones never\u00a0to speak publicly about her \u2014 are now making a feature film\u00a0about her life. Sources tell Straight Shuter that Kate\u2019s niece, former Marvelous […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2163211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[415122,415121,331805,343289],"class_list":["post-2163208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-andy-spade","tag-kate-spade","tag-rachel-brosnahan","tag-straight-shuter"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rachel-Brosnahan-Set-to-Direct-Film-About-Aunt-Kate-Spade.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2163208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2163208"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2163208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2163212,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2163208\/revisions\/2163212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2163211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2163208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2163208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2163208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/span><\/div>\n