According to a recent statement from oft-informed insider Jeff Snyder, via The Insider , Lionsgate is considering producing a modern reboot of American Psycho and is currently looking for a screenwriter to helm the project.
Adapted from the 1991 novel by Brett Easton Ellis. American Psycho Mary Harron (2000) is a timeless classic, considered one of the greatest films of all time. Starring Christian Bale – though Leonardo DiCaprio has long been considered for the role – the thriller is set in the mid-Reagan years and follows the psychotic journey of Patrick Bateman, a misogynistic, homophobic and racist Wall Street golden boy who hides behind his superficial and superficial persona. A luxurious appearance, a psychopathic personality that drives him to a series of inhumane murders.
When it was released in 2000, the psychological horror film grossed over $34 million at the worldwide box office against a $7 million budget. Blending horror and black comedy to satirize yuppie culture and 1980s consumerism, the film, which also starred Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas, Chloë Sevigny, Samantha Mathis, Cara Seymour, Justin Theroux and Reese Witherspoon, quickly became a classic. Showed the first impressive physical transformation Christian Bale for the role, among many others.
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Rejected sequel and abandoned remake and series
Although the film had a sequel in 2002, American Psycho 2, which was released straight to DVD, it was not universally acclaimed. Not repeating anything from the first part, it was widely criticized, especially by the author of the novel himself, who confirmed that it was not part of the plot.American Psycho And by Mila Kunis, the heroine of this second opus, who admitted that she is not proud of it.
Back in 2011: Rumor has it that a remake is being made by Lionsgate studios, the original rights holders. To do this, they entrust the letter to Noble Jones, the director of the second division at the social network… and then nothing. In 2013, a series was announced, which is going to continue the novel with 50-year-old Patrick Bateman. A project that, once again, will be forgotten.
Patrick Bateman, nowadays
However, in 2016, 25 years after his novel was published, the author returned to the subject in an article for Town & Country magazine, addressing the frequently asked question: What’s Patrick Bateman up to these days? In the mid-to-late 1990s, Ellis believed that Bateman “According to reports, he is the founder of a number of Internet companies“. But if the book was written in the decade before 2016, “Bateman reportedly worked in Silicon Valley with Zuckerberg and dined at the French Laundry in a Yeezy hoodie and hit on girls on Tinder.“
The book stays very close to its time and is also strangely prescient. So it’s not impossible to imagine Patrick Bateman as a kind of influential vanity these days.
As Ellis himself wrote:All the themes of the book are still relevant three decades later. We are in an age where the 1% are richer than anyone has ever been, an age where the airplane is the new car and multi-million dollar rents are a reality. New York Today is American Psycho on steroids.“
Therefore, there may be a place for a modern Patrick Bateman, and according to Jeff Snyder, the project will definitely be done. To be continued.
Meanwhile, American Psycho (2000) may be streaming again on Netflix.
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