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Per a Variety article on Wednesday, Austin Butler will star in Luca Guadagnino’s new American Psycho film because the funding banker with a double life as a serial killer. As the report factors out, Euphoria and Saltburn star Jacob Elordi had been beforehand rumored for the function, though that did not work out.
We first formally discovered {that a} new American Psycho is within the works at Lionsgate again in October. Despite the plain affiliation with the 2000 movie starring Christian Bale, Lionsgate mentioned on the time that this undertaking would not be a remake of that film, however quite a “new adaptation” of Bret Easton Ellis’ 1991 novel. Scott Z. Burns wrote the script.
The information continues one thing of a scorching streak, in the meantime, for Butler. He rose to worldwide prominence in 2022 for his portrayal of Elvis in Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, incomes him a Golden Globe and an Academy Award nomination. He adopted that up with Jeff Nichols’ The Bikeriders and a task in Dune: Part II as Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen — so, mainly, he is going from one psycho killer to a different right here.
As for Guadagnino, he stays one of many extra in-demand administrators in Hollywood at present. He gained worldwide recognition for Call Me By Your Name in 2017, adopted by the likes of 2018’s Suspiria remake, 2022 romance horror Bones and All, this previous summer season’s Challengers, and the not too long ago launched A24 drama Queer. He’s additionally in talks to tackle James Gunn’s DCU with a Sgt. Rock film that would star Daniel Craig.
More particulars on this new American Psycho, together with a launch window, are nonetheless pending. For extra on Butler within the meantime, learn our interview with him and co-star Jodie Comer about The Bikeriders.
Alex Stedman is a Senior News Editor with IGN, overseeing leisure reporting. When she’s not writing or modifying, you could find her studying fantasy novels or enjoying Dungeons & Dragons.
