Bates will star alongside Tom Hughes (About Time) as lead Robert Graves, Dianna Agron (The Family) as Laura Riding, and Laura Haddock (Guardians of the Galaxy) as Nancy Nicholson.
The film will focus on Graves’ first marriage to Nancy Nicholson during his affair with American poet Laura Riding.
The Laureate is directed by William Nunez, who also penned the screenplay, and features Bates as Graves’ meddling mother, Amy.
THR has revealed veteran actress Kathy Bates is set to star in an upcoming drama about famed British poet and novelist, Robert Graves.