Luca Guadagnino To Direct New Film Adaptation of ‘American Psycho’
Image: Image: American Psycho (2000)
Luca Guadagnino is officially set to direct new film adaptation of American Psycho, the gory contemporary classic by queer author Bret Easton Ellis.
Guadagnino, who has been on a roll with his most recent box office hit, , and the soon-to-be-released 聽鈥� the latter of which is on quite the successful festival run, garnering rave reviews from fans and critics alike.
According to , it鈥檚 a no-brainer for Guadagnino to execute 聽stand out novel. The film will be written by Scott Z. Burns and produced by Lionsgate.听
鈥淲e are thrilled to add another elite filmmaker to our upcoming slate,鈥� said Lionsgate Motion Picture Group chair Adam Fogelson. 鈥淟uca is a brilliant artist, and the perfect visionary to create a whole new interpretation of this potent and classic IP.鈥�
American Psycho was Easton Ellis鈥� third and most successful novel. The gay author, , was faced with both backlash and praise for the story’s graphic violence and Easton Ellis鈥� scathing indictment of Wall Street and the vicious aspects of capitalism.
American Psycho not a ‘remake’ of the 2000 classic
Although the film is in early development stages, confirmed that Guadagnino’s adaptation will not be a remake of the noughties cult-classic but rather a 鈥榝resh take鈥� on Ellis鈥� novel.
Easton Ellis鈥� novel was first adapted in 2000 by Mary Harron follows the suave, status-obsessed and cold blooded killer or banker, Patrick Bateman, played by Christian Bale.
The film was heavily praised for Bale鈥檚 electrifying performance, Harron鈥檚 masterful direction and blend of horror and satire. The success of the film spawned a huge following and even a fantastically bloody.
Internet is are already fan-casting for who will play Patrick Bateman
Twitter was set ablaze from the news with comments ranging from criticism for a remake of Harron鈥檚 adaptation, citing the film as 鈥榰ntouchable鈥�.
However, people are also already eagerly guessing who should be the new Patrick Bateman, and if the casting might just be little more explicitly queer with Guadagnino at the helm.
“Why are they giving this remake to a gay director? He’s gonna make Patrick Bateman kiss boys!”
You do realize that the author of the book that ‘American Psycho’ is based on is gay and that the film was written by a lesbian, right?
鈥� A Baguette Who Screams Into the Void 鉁★笍 馃晧锔� 馃崏 (@nacyra_u)
call nicholas alexander chavez now
鈥� mari (@MCsaints)
jacob elordi get your agent on the phone
鈥� trish (@ULTRAGLOSS)
The only correct Patrick Bateman fancast is Sam Reid btw
鈥� Tera Anhedonia (@tera_bytess)
sorry i love luca but we already have a nearly perfect adaptation of an almost unadaptable novel, which works in large part because women who worte and directed it understood how funny it was. why is this happening?
鈥� Rose Dommu (@rosedommu)
New wave of popularity online for the ‘Sigma Male’ film American Psycho聽
The iconography of American Psycho (2000) has re-emerged on the internet with stills and reactions from the film heavily memed, even birthing the which has flooded the internet since 2021.听
Although the character of Patrick Bateman is obviously an extreme representation of hyper toxic masculinity, the money-hungry maniac has actually become somewhat of , in recent years, for his 鈥榞rind鈥� mindset and no-strings relationships with women (who he murders). The of Bateman is ultimately much more shallow than Easton Ellis鈥� or Harron鈥檚 interpretation.
In the meanwhile, Guadagnino’s content will continue to keeps the gays fed with films like and his upcoming thriller After the Hunt (2025) starring the iconic Julia Roberts, Chlo毛 Sevigny and Andrew Garfield.
