So right here’s a bizarre one. It was reported again in December that Austin Butler could be enjoying the function of Patrick Bateman in a brand new film adaptation of the Bret Easton Ellis novel American Psycho for director Luca Guadagnino (Suspiria, Challengers), however these experiences at the moment are being disputed by none apart from Bret Easton Ellis himself.
On a latest episode of The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast, the author of the unique American Psycho advised that Austin Butler hasn’t really signed on to play Patrick Bateman within the new American Psycho film. In his personal phrases, he suggests the report is “faux information.”
“I’ve a sense it’s faux information,” Easton Ellis mused. “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.”
The writer continued, “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.”
“If it does exist, I’m not concerned,” he provides. “I’ve nothing to do with this. I’d get some cash in the event that they do that, however I’m not concerned creatively on any degree, and that’s all I do know.”
The unique report about Butler’s involvement in Guadagnino’s American Psycho got here courtesy of Selection again on December 11, 2024, a really dependable supply for film information. However Easton Ellis’ feedback line up with latest feedback made by reporter Jeff Sneider, who advised that the announcement was “extra about making Lionsgate look a bit bit extra engaging on paper as an acquisition goal than it was about an precise film that’s going to occur.”
Keep tuned for extra on this growing story as we study it.
Within the novel, “A rich New York Metropolis funding banking govt, Patrick Bateman (performed by Christian Bale within the 2000 film), hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and mates as he delves deeper into his violent, hedonistic fantasies.”
The above quotes from Bret Easton Ellis’ podcast had been transcribed/relayed by World of Reel.
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