00:00So what do you do?
00:01I'm into murders and executions mostly.
00:04It looks like we're getting a fresh take on Patrick Bateman with Luca Guadagnino.
00:08The filmmaker is in negotiations to helm a new film adaptation for Lionsgate of the 1991 novel American Psycho.
00:15The book was previously famously adapted into the 2000 film from director Mary Heron
00:20and starring Christian Bale as the dapper investment banker slash closet psychopathic serial killer Patrick Bateman.
00:27Hey Paul!
00:27Lionsgate motion picture group chair Adam Fogelson said in a statement,
00:32We are thrilled to add another elite filmmaker to our upcoming slate.
00:36Luca is a brilliant artist and the perfect visionary to create a whole new interpretation of this potent and classic IP.
00:43I think my mask of sanity is about to slip.
00:46The filmmaker most recently helmed the Zendaya starring sports drama Challengers,
00:50which opened at number one at the box office over the summer.
00:52And his current film, Queer, starring Daniel Craig, will be released by A24 on November 27th.
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