Austin Butler is ready to play Patrick Bateman in director Luca Guadagnino’s new tackle Bret Easton Ellis’s American Psycho.
Based on Selection, the Oscar-nominated star of Elvis will take the lead after rumours instructed Euphoria’s Jacob Elordi could be starring.
Guadagnino, whose credit embrace Name Me by Your Title and this yr’s tennis drama Challengers, won’t be remaking Mary Harron’s acclaimed 2000 adaptation however will craft a brand new interpretation. The script comes from Scott Z Burns, whose work consists of the Steven Soderbergh movies Contagion, Facet Results and The Informant.
The guide follows a narcissistic funding banker who can be a serial killer of girls. The position was beforehand performed by Christian Bale after which extra not too long ago by Matt Smith in a stage musical.
Guadagnino is presently on the press and awards path for his adaptation of William S Burroughs’s novella Queer starring Daniel Craig. Subsequent yr will see the discharge of his college-set thriller After the Hunt starring Julia Roberts and Andrew Garfield. He’s additionally connected to direct an adaptation of Pier Vittorio Tondelli’s 1989 novel Separate Rooms with Josh O’Connor and Léa Seydoux.
Earlier this month, Challengers obtained 4 Golden Globe nominations.
Butler obtained an Oscar nomination for enjoying Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann’s 2022 biopic and this yr has been seen in each Dune: Half Two and The Bikeriders.
He’ll subsequent star in Ari Aster’s comedy western Eddington alongside Joaquin Phoenix and Emma Stone, and Darren Aronofsky’s 90s-set crime thriller Caught Stealing with Zoë Kravitz. He has additionally been rumoured to play an element in Michael Mann’s Warmth sequel.
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