It looks like we're getting a fresh take on Patrick Bateman with Luca Guadagnino. The filmmaker is in negotiations to helm a new film adaptation for Lionsgate of the 1991 novel 'American Psycho.' The book was previously famously adapted into the 2000 film from director Mary Herron and starring Christian Bale as the dapper investment banker/ closet psychopathic serial killer Patrick Bateman.
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00:00So what do you do? I'm into uh murders and executions mostly.
00:04It looks like we're getting a fresh take on Patrick Bateman with Luca Guadagnino.
00:08The filmmaker is in negotiations to helm a new film adaptation for
00:12Lionsgate of the 1991 novel American Psycho.
00:15The book was previously famously adapted into the 2000 film from director Mary Herron
00:20and starring Christian Bale as the dapper investment banker
00:23slash closet psychopathic serial killer Patrick Bateman.
00:27Hey Paul! Lionsgate motion picture group chair Adam Fogelson said in a statement
00:32we are thrilled to add another elite filmmaker to our upcoming slate.
00:36Luca is a brilliant artist and the perfect visionary to create a whole new interpretation
00:41of this potent and classic IP. I think my mask of sanity is about to slip.
00:46The filmmaker most recently helmed the Zendaya starring sports drama Challengers
00:50which opened at number one at the box office over the summer and his current
00:53film Queer starring Daniel Craig will be released by A24 on November 27th.
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