Bret Easton Ellis thinks the studies of Luca Guadagnino’s new adaptation of American Psycho starring Austin Butler is “fake news.”
Simply final month, it was reported that Austin Butler was being thought of to star as Patrick Bateman in Luca Guadagnino’s new adaptation of American Psycho. Nonetheless, American Psycho writer Bret Easton Ellis stated on his podcast (by way of World of Reel) that he thinks it’s all simply “faux information.“
“I have a feeling it’s fake news,” Ellis stated. “I heard someplace, from somebody, that there are not any contracts. Austin Butler hasn’t signed something to play Patrick Bateman. Luca doesn’t have a deal. Scott Burns, who is meant to jot down the screenplay, doesn’t have a deal both. From numerous sources that I’ve, that is simply faux information that was put on the market to see how an viewers goes to react.“
Even when the American Psycho mission is legit, Ellis isn’t concerned in any capability. “If it does exist, I am not involved, I have nothing to do with this,” Ellis defined. “I’d get some cash in the event that they do that, however I’m not concerned creatively on any stage, and that’s all I do know.“
This yr occurs to mark the twenty fifth anniversary of Mary Harron’s American Psycho. The movie starred Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman, and though it divided critics upon its launch, it has gone on to develop into a cult traditional. The considered remaking it’s seen as sacrilegious to some, however when has that ever stopped Hollywood? The preliminary report of the American Psycho reboot stated Luca Guadagnino “might have interpreted the Patrick Bateman character in a much different way than its previous incarnation.” I’m definitely prepared to offer Guadagnino the advantage of the doubt, and I’ll be watching if the mission strikes ahead.
The American Psycho synopsis reads: “Patrick Bateman is a younger, good-looking, Harvard-educated Wall Road success, seemingly good together with his beautiful fiancé and entourage of high-powered mates. However his circle of mates doesn’t know the opposite Patrick Bateman, the one who lusts for greater than standing and materials issues. With a detective scorching on his path and temptation in all places, Patrick Bateman can’t combat his horrible urges that take him on the pursuit of girls, greed and the final word crime – homicide!“
