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American Psycho at 25: The Story Behind the Satirical Horror Classic

April 14, 2025 by admin

Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind the controversial American Psycho on the 25th anniversary of its release… American Psycho was many things. In one sense it was mired in controversy from the get-go due to the problematic nature of its source material and in another the movie marked the critical and transformative turning point […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Hasitha Fernando, Movies, Top Stories Tagged With: American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis, Christian Bale, Jared Leto, Mary Harron, Willem Dafoe

Joseph Quinn exits Bret Easton Ellis’ Relapse for George Harrison role in The Beatles biopics

January 3, 2025 by Ricky Church

Last year Stranger Things star Joseph Quinn was announced to lead Bret Easton Ellis’ directorial debut Relapse, but now it has been revealed he has exited the project for Sam Mendes’ ambitious Beatles biopics. Ellis, who has written several novels including American Psycho and Less Than Zero, is writing the script for Relapse and is to direct as his feature film debut. […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Ricky Church Tagged With: Bret Easton Ellis, Joseph Quinn, Relapse, Sam Mendes, The Beatles

Luca Guadagnino to direct American Psycho remake

October 18, 2024 by EJ Moreno

American Psycho is back to terrify yuppies and call girls, and a prestige filmmaker is helming this new interpretation. Deadline reports that Luca Guadagnino is in final negotiations to direct this new adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’s controversial novel.  Scott Z. Burns (The Report, Contagion) will pen the adaptation. Per the outlet, this upcoming Lionsgate […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News, Top Stories Tagged With: American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis, Luca Guadagnino

Joseph Quinn to star in Bret Easton Ellis horror film Relapse

February 15, 2024 by EJ Moreno

Joseph Quinn is used to monsters, as he starred in Stranger Things, but he’s facing a much different beast in his new film. Famed author Bret Easton Ellis is set to make his feature film debut with a new film titled Relapse. The project is described as an ‘elevated horror” and will be set in […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News Tagged With: Bret Easton Ellis, Joseph Quinn, Relapse

Luca Guadagnino to direct Bret Easton Ellis’ The Shards for HBO

July 6, 2023 by Matt Rodgers

Suspiria and Call Me By Your Name director Luca Guadagnino is set to direct the HBO series adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’s novel The Shards. According to Spanish publication El Independiente (via World of Reel) the Bones and All helmer will once again team up with HBO following 2020 mini-series We Are Who We Are to direct […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, News, Television Tagged With: Bret Easton Ellis, HBO, Luca Guadagnino, The Shards

Bret Easton Ellis-scripted slasher thriller Smiley Face Killers gets a trailer and poster

October 10, 2020 by Amie Cranswick

Lionsgate has released a poster and trailer for the upcoming thriller Smiley Face Killers. Directed by Tim Hunter and written by Bret Easton Ellis, the film in inspired by the real life Smiley Face murder theory and follows Jake (Ronen Rubinstein), a student who believes he might be the target of a serial killer when […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Bret Easton Ellis, Ronen Rubenstein, Smiley Face Killers, Tim Hunter

Irvine Welsh and Bret Easton Ellis developing American Tabloid drama series

July 21, 2020 by Gary Collinson

Burning Wheel Productions has announced that it is currently finalising talks with literary giants Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting) and Bret Easton Ellis (American Pyscho) to co-create a new series entitled American Tabloid, which will explore the national tabloid press culture in the United States. “To do this production justice we always knew we would require writers […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: American Tabloid, Bret Easton Ellis, Irvine Welsh

The Walking Dead’s Austin Abrams to star in Bret Easton Ellis adaptation Less Than Zero

August 4, 2018 by Gary Collinson

THR is reporting that The Walking Dead and Paper Towns actor Austin Abrams has been cast as the lead in Less Than Zero, a new TV adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ 1985 novel. The project, which has a pilot order from Hulu, is being written by Craig Wright (Greenleaf), who produces with Ellis, and will see […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: austin abrams, Bret Easton Ellis, Less Than Zero

UPDATE: Rumour: Ben Affleck’s Batman script has “serious problems”, and Warner Bros. doesn’t care

November 5, 2016 by Gary Collinson

With Ben Affleck’s Batman movie gearing up to go into production next year, a rather nasty rumour has surfaced over at The Ringer suggesting that “there are serious problems with the script”, and that executives at Warner Bros. aren’t overly concerned about fixing them as “it doesn’t really matter” due to the amount of money […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Ben Affleck, Bret Easton Ellis, DC, DC Extended Universe, The Batman

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