Studies printed in late 2024 acknowledged that Austin Butler may very well be in line to play the function of Patrick Bateman in Luca Guadagnino’s reboot of American Psycho. This brought about a flurry of headlines because the function was as soon as made well-known by Christian Bale within the authentic movie adaptation of American Psycho launched in 2000. Nonetheless, Bret Easton Ellis, the creator of the unique 1991 guide on which the movie was primarily based, mentioned in a brand new interview that these reviews may very well be “faux information.”
Bret Easton Ellis says Austin Butler isn’t the brand new American Psycho but
Ellis disclosed in a latest episode of The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast that he believed the information of the American Psycho reboot that includes Austin Butler may very well be “faux.” He additionally claimed that he had heard from somebody that most people reported to be concerned with the challenge had not but signed a contract.
“I heard someplace, from somebody, that there aren’t any contracts,” Ellis mentioned. “Austin Butler hasn’t signed something to play Patrick Bateman. Luca doesn’t have a deal. Scott Burns, who is meant to put in writing the screenplay, doesn’t have a deal both.”
The creator additionally cited “numerous sources” to assert that the “faux information” was put out to glean “how an viewers goes to react.”
Ellis additionally made it clear that even when it did exist, he was not actively concerned within the challenge. He elaborated, “I’ve nothing to do with this. I would 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.”
Conversations about Luca Guadagnino‘s iteration of American Psycho have been going round for some time earlier than the obvious confirmation got here that Butler would play Patrick Bateman. The film is reportedly in growth at Lionsgate, which additionally served because the distributor (identified on the time as Lions Gate Movies) of the 2000 function with Bale. This authentic adaptation was directed by Mary Harron from a screenplay she developed with Guinevere Turner. Apart from Bale, the solid included Justin Theroux as Timothy Bryce, Josh Lucas as Craig McDermott, Jared Leto as Paul Allen, and Willem Dafoe as Donald Kimball, amongst others.
