New American Psycho Movie in the Works, Luca Guadagnino in Talks to Direct

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New American Psycho Movie in the Works, Luca Guadagnino in Talks to Direct

Director Luca Guadagnino isn’t slowing down anytime soon, as the filmmaker is in negotiations to direct a new American Psycho movie.

What do we know about the new American Psycho movie?

Should all go to plan, Guadagnino will direct the upcoming feature from a script written by Scott Z. Burns (The Bourne Ultimatum, The Informant!, Contagion). Famously, American Psycho has already been adapted into a movie in the form of Mary Harron’s 2000 film starring Christian Bale.

This film won’t be a remake of that one, however, and will instead be an entirely new adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ 1991 novel.

Currently, no other information about the movie, including who may appear in it or when production is set to start, is known. In a statement on the news, Lionsgate Motion Picture Group chair Adam Fogelson praised Guadagnino as a “brilliant artist” who they believed will do a great job.

“We are thrilled to add another elite filmmaker to our upcoming slate,” said Fogelson. “Luca is a brilliant artist, and the perfect visionary to create a whole new interpretation of this potent and classic IP.”

Guadagnino has been a busy man over the past two years. In 2022, the director released the romantic horror film Bones and All starring Taylor Russell and Timothée Chalamet. This year, Guadagnino returned with Challengers, the romantic sports comedy-drama starring Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, and Mike Faist. Guadagnino’s 2024 is not over, either, as the director is set to release another movie, the historical romance drama Queer, next month.

For Burns, his last credit comes as the creator of the Apple TV+ limited series Extrapolations. The writer has also been credited on a number of high-profile films and also created the upcoming Netflix series Thumblite.