Luca Guadagnino is set to direct a new version of American Psycho, the novel written by Bret Easton Ellis. Here's why he's a great fit for the director's chair.

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Luca Guadagnino is getting ready to explore a fresh take on Patrick Bateman. The filmmaker is in negotiations to helm a new film adaptation for Lionsgate of the 1991 novel America

The auteur has announced that he is in final negotiations for a new interpretation of iconic novel “ American Psycho ,” which was first brought to the screen in 2000. Christian Bale led the original film alongside Guadagnino’s frequent collaborator Chloë Sevigny.

Luca Guadagnino is supposedly set to direct a new adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' American Psycho. “We are thrilled to add another elite filmmaker to our upcoming slate,” said Lionsgate Motion Picture Group chair Adam Fogelson.

At the Academy Museum Gala in Los Angeles on Saturday night, Koch told The Hollywood Reporter, "Luca's doing American Psycho, so I think I can do Patrick Bateman," when asked what

A cinema classic, "American Psycho," featuring the iconic role of Christian Bale, is set to receive another film adaptation. This time, the Italian director Luca Guadagnino will tackle the book's adaptation.

A cinema classic, "American Psycho," featuring Christian Bale in an iconic role, is set to receive another film adaptation. This time, Italian director Luca Guadagnino will undertake the adaptation. "American Psycho" first premiered in theaters in 2000.

American Psycho is a complex work that has been one of the most important films of 2000 and will now return to the big screen thanks to Luca Guadagnino. Here, check out everything about the new version from the Italian director.

It has almost been finalised that filmmaker Luca Guadagnino, whose adaptation of William S Burroughs' Queer is still continuing its festival run, has been roped in to direct a new adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' book American Psycho.

Luca Guadagnino will direct an upcoming ‘American Psycho’ film, which is set to be a "whole new interpretation" of the Bret Easton Ellis novel.