Overview
- Deadline reports the new interpretation will keep a male lead, contradicting UK tabloid rumors linking Margot Robbie to a gender-swapped version.
- No actor has signed on for Patrick Bateman, with Austin Butler and Jacob Elordi discussed in industry chatter but not confirmed.
- Guadagnino remains attached to direct for Lionsgate, with Scott Z. Burns adapting Bret Easton Ellis’s novel and Pressman Film executive producing.
- Coverage positions the project as a reimagining rather than a remake, with reporting suggesting a more erotic emphasis than the 2000 film’s satirical tone.
- Guadagnino is occupied with the Amazon feature Artificial, leaving the project’s timeline and next steps uncertain.