Deadline has revealed that Willem Dafoe is set to take on the role of legendary artist Vincent van Gogh in At Eternity’s Gate, the new film from Julian Schnabel (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Before Night Falls).
The film will focus on Van Gogh’s time in Arles and Auvers-sur-Oise, France, and is described as “a film about creativity and the sacrifices he made to produce the spectacular masterpieces that are instantly recognizable around the world today.”
“This is a film about painting and a painter and their relationship to infinity,” said Schnabel. “It is told by a painter. It contains what I felt were essential moments in his life; this is not the official history – it’s my version. One that I hope could make you closer to him.”
Dafoe’s new film The Florida Project premieres in Cannes this month. He will next be seen as the Atlantean Nuidis Vulko in Warner’s DC team-up Justice League, a role he reprises in 2018’s Aquaman, which is shooting now.
Originally published May 22, 2017. Updated April 15, 2018.
