{"id":2208694,"date":"2025-12-22T15:53:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T15:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2208694"},"modified":"2025-12-22T15:53:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T15:53:18","slug":"magnolia-pictures-buys-willem-dafoe-and-greta-lee-drama-late-fame-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/magnolia-pictures-buys-willem-dafoe-and-greta-lee-drama-late-fame-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Magnolia Pictures Buys Willem Dafoe and Greta Lee Drama \u2018Late Fame\u2019 (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0134717\/\">Magnolia Pictures<\/a> has acquired U.S. rights to \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt32298494\/\">Late Fame<\/a>,\u201d the acclaimed new film from \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt6705860\/\">Diane<\/a>\u201d director <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm2719270\/\">Kent Jones<\/a>. It world premiered at this year\u2019s Venice Film Festival and later played at the New York Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt32298494\/\">Late Fame<\/a>\u201d stars Oscar-nominee <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000353\/\">Willem Dafoe<\/a>, as well as \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt13238346\/\">Past Lives<\/a>\u201d breakout <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm2336966\/\">Greta Lee<\/a>. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm3942758\/\">Edmund Donovan<\/a> (\u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt17279496\/\">Civil War<\/a>\u201d) co-stars. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0625212\/\">Magnolia<\/a> plans to release the film in 2026. Jones, who was the former director of the New York Film Festival, also made the documentary \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt3748512\/\">Hitchcock\/Truffaut<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The film was written by Oscar-nominated screenwriter <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm2092552\/\">Samy Burch<\/a> (\u201cMay December\u201d) and is based on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0774217\/\">Arthur Schnitzler<\/a>\u2019s novella of the same name. It follows Ed Saxberger (Dafoe), a forgotten New York poet who works in a post office. After an eager and flattering fan (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0232942\/\">Donovan<\/a>) appears on his doorstep, Saxberger is beckoned into a coterie of younger admirers who anoint him as a rediscovered genius. Intoxicated by the attention,&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Magnolia Pictures has acquired U.S. rights to \u201cLate Fame,\u201d the acclaimed new film from \u201cDiane\u201d director Kent Jones. It world premiered at this year\u2019s Venice Film Festival and later played at the New York Film Festival. \u201cLate Fame\u201d stars Oscar-nominee Willem Dafoe, as well as \u201cPast Lives\u201d breakout Greta Lee. Edmund Donovan (\u201cCivil War\u201d) co-stars. 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