Okay, so it's not technically a remake, but a new adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' novel of the same name, but for the sake of this website, it's a remake. Elvis star Austin Butler has been cast in the titular role of Patrick Bateman, a role made famous by Christian Bale in 1999.
Austin Butler is set to star in Luca Guadagnino‘s new interpretation of the book “American Psycho” by Bret Easton Ellis for Lionsgate.
While there had been rumors that Jacob Elordi was being eyed to play Patrick Bateman, that casting didn’t come to pass. Elordi and Butler have something in common, having both played very different versions of Elvis in movies by Sofia Coppola (“Priscilla”) and Baz Luhrmann (“Elvis”), respectively.
The film, which features a script by Scott Z. Burns (“The Laundromat”), will not be a remake of the 2000 film, but a new adaptation of Ellis’ novel.
Pretty, pretty interesting.
Source: Variety