Austin Butler Set to Star in 'American Psycho' Remake

Christian Bale originated the role of Patrick Bateman, the titular serial killer in the first film adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' book American Psycho. Now, as a remake of the film is gearing up to go into production, its director has finally cast the leading role. Austin Butlet, star of Dune: Part Two is set to take the role. Read on for details.

Via Variety.

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.

In the original movie, which came out in 2000 and is set in the 1980s, Christian Bale stars as Patrick Bateman, a Wall Street yuppie and serial killer. Under the lens of Guadagnino, who is best known for “Call Me by Your Name,” “Challengers” and most recently “Queer,” the new take on the book could have a larger erotic emphasis than the original horror satire. Guadagnino has also dabbed into genre in “Suspiria” and “Bones and All.” While Butler is attached to play the lead role in the movie, Guadagnino might have have interpreted the Patrick Bateman character in a much different way than its previous incarnation.

Guadagnino just wrapped the shoot of “After the Hunt” starring Julia Roberts and Andrew Garfield.

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