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 in final negotiations for a new interpretation of the book “American Psycho” by Bret Easton Ellis for Lionsgate. The film, which features a script by Scott Z. Burns, will not be a remake of the 2000 film,

Luca Guadagnino, the Italian film-maker, will bring a new interpretation of Bret Easton Ellis’s novel American Psycho to the screen. According to Deadline, the acclaimed director of Call Me by Your Name and Challengers will work with screenwriter Scott Z Burns to find an updated way into the material.

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

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.

The script for American Psycho, adapted from the Bret Easton Ellis novel of the same name, is being written by Scott Z. Burns (Extrapolations). In a statement, Lionsgate Motion Picture Group chair Adam Fogelson said,

Luca Guadagnino is in final negotiations to direct a new 'American Psycho' movie. Scott Z. Burns will adapt the novel for the Lionsgate movie.

Variety reported that Guadagnino is in final negotiations to acquire the rights for a new interpretation of the Easton Ellis classic. But who will play the murderous finance metrosexual?