Lionsgate confirmed their American Psycho remake and promoted The Housemaid and Hurry Up Tomorrow at CinemaCon
The Lionsgate panel was held on the CinemaCon occasion in Las Vegas in the present day, and through their time on stage, Liongsate took the time to verify that an American Psycho remake is occurring with Luca Guadagnino on the helm, hype the Paul Feig thriller The Housemaid, and present a brand new trailer for The Weeknd’s Hurry Up Tomorrow.
2025 marks the twenty fifth anniversary of director Mary Harron’s Bret Easton Ellis adaptation American Psycho (watch it HERE), which has come to be referred to as a cult traditional – and for an anniversary reward, we’re getting an American Psycho remake from director Luca Guadagnino, whose credit embody Challengers, Name Me By Your Identify, Bones and All, Queer, and the Suspiria remake. Guadagnino reportedly signed on to direct the movie from a screenplay by Scott Z. Burns (Contagion) again in October, and in December we heard that Austin Butler (Elvis) and Jacob Elordi (Saltburn) have been being thought of for the lead position of Patrick Bateman, the character who was performed by Christian Bale in Harron’s movie. However then, Ellis stated on his podcast that he thought the remake speak was “fake news” and that offers hadn’t even been secured with Guadagnino or Burns but. In January, Guadagnino dodged a query concerning the venture, so the entire thing seemed to be on shaky floor for some time… However it’s not anymore. Guadagnino confirmed to the CinemaCon viewers that the film is occurring and he’ll certainly be working from a screenplay by Burns.
Harron’s American Psycho had the next synopsis: Patrick Bateman is a younger, good-looking, Harvard educated Wall Road success, seemingly good together with his beautiful fiancé and entourage of high-powered buddies. However his circle of buddies doesn’t know the opposite Patrick Bateman, the one who lusts for greater than standing and materials issues. With a detective sizzling on his path and temptation in all places, Patrick Bateman can’t combat his horrible urges that take him on the pursuit of ladies, greed and the last word crime – homicide! Based mostly on the controversial guide by Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho is an attractive thriller that units forth a imaginative and prescient that’s each terrifying and chilling.
Sydney Sweeney (Anybody However You), Amanda Seyfried (Jennifer’s Physique), Brandon Sklenar (1923), and Michele Morrone (Subservience) star within the psychological thriller The Housemaid for director Paul Feig, whose credit embody Bridesmaids, Ghostbusters, and A Easy Favor. Lionsgate might be releasing the movie on Christmas Day 2025 – and the CinemaCon viewers was informed that that is Feig’s first actual thriller, with out a ton of comedy like A Easy Favor. Though he’s finest identified for his work in comedy, he stated thriller is his favourite style.
The movie has the next synopsis: In The Housemaid, Millie (Sydney Sweeney) is a struggling younger girl who’s relieved to get a recent begin as a housemaid to Nina (Amanda Seyfried) and Andrew (Brandon Sklenar), an upscale, rich couple. She quickly learns that the household’s secrets and techniques are much more harmful than her personal. Rebecca Sonnenshine wrote the screenplay adaptation of Freida McFadden’s novel. Feig is producing the movie with Todd Lieberman, Carly Kleinbart Elter, and Laura Fischer. Sweeney, Seyfried, and McFadden function govt producers with Alex Younger.
Feig, Sweeney, Seyfried, and Sklenar have been all on the panel. Sweeney stated she was an enormous fan of the guide and campaigned for the position. She’s additionally an enormous Amanda Seyfried fan. On set, Sweeney and Seyfried did a ton of Mamma Mia songs collectively (they performed a video of them singing ABBA collectively through the panel). Seyfried discovered the position and movie to be profession affirming, saying it’s some “wacky shit” and he or she beloved it. She by no means went locations like that earlier than in her profession.
An prolonged look was screened for the viewers, and right here’s how Bumbray described it: Sweeney’s housemaid is dowdy in comparison with the glamourous Seyfried and Sklenar. In fact, they’re psychopaths and he or she finally ends up a pawn in no matter is occurring, however she has a darkish previous herself and appears greater than able to dealing with them. A number of blood within the trailer. Looks as if a large hit.
Again in November, Lionsgate introduced that that they had landed the worldwide theatrical rights to the suspense thriller Hurry Up Tomorrow, the primary function movie from Grammy-winning artist The Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye) and an extension of The Weeknd’s album of the identical title. Hurry Up Tomorrow is the movie’s rating, orchestrated by The Weeknd and Daniel Lopatin. Now, we all know that Lionsgate might be giving the movie a theatrical launch on Might 16th – and a brand new trailer was proven at CinemaCon.
Tesfaye is joined within the forged of Hurry Up Tomorrow by Jenna Ortega (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice) and Barry Keoghan (Saltburn). The movie was directed by Trey Edward Shults (Krisha, It Comes at Night time, Waves), who wrote the screenplay with Tesfaye and his The Idol collaborator Reza Fahim.
In keeping with Lionsgate, Hurry Up Tomorrow is “the culmination of The Weeknd’s trilogy of studio albums, following the blockbuster hits Dawn FM (2022) and After Hours (2020). This third album represents the creative apex of the project, serving as the final chapter crafted with existential and self-referential themes and accompanied by visionary teasers that have set fans ablaze with anticipation for this concluding installment.” The official synopsis reveals that Tesfaye is enjoying a model of himself, a musician affected by insomnia [who] will get pulled into an odyssey with a stranger (Jenna Ortega) who begins to unravel the very core of his existence.
Bumbray experiences that Shults described Hurry Up Tomorrow as a singular, visceral expertise. Ortega is a producer on the movie and confirmed up at CinemaCon, letting the viewers know she wished to do the film as a result of there’s a scene primarily based on a sure notorious scene from the 1981 movie Possession. So that is not less than the third current horror movie to be primarily based on Possession, following The First Omen and Immaculate.
Bumbray writes, “We noticed the second trailer with the tune of the identical identify by The Weeknd featured prominently. Ortega appears to be the lead with The Weeknd enjoying a pop star (just like The Idol). Has extra of a horror vibe, however Ortega really appears to be the antagonist slightly than him, with him extra her sufferer – which I suppose is a reversal of The Idol.“
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