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12-08-2011, 02:27 PM
American Psycho' set for redo
Lionsgate developing adaptation of Ellis novel
By JEFF SNEIDER
Lionsgate has tapped Noble Jones to write and direct a reimagining of "American Psycho" that will go back to Bret Easton Ellis' 1991 satirical novel, which Mary Harron previously adapted in 2000 as a feature starring Christian Bale.
Low-budget project, which has not yet been greenlit at Lionsgate, is currently in the early stages of development at the studio.
Set in Manhattan during the Wall Street boom of the late 1980s, "American Psycho" concerns the daily life of Patrick Bateman, a wealthy investment banker by day who becomes a homicidal maniac by night.
Jones pitched the project to Lionsgate several months ago and recently turned in a script that explores how Bateman would fare in modern-day Gotham.
A protege of David Fincher, Jones is a commercials and musicvideo helmer who served as second unit director for the Boston-shot scenes in Fincher's "The Social Network."
Jones is repped by WME, Anonymous Content and attorney Alex Kohner.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118047216?categoryid=13&cs=1&cmpid=RSS|News|LatestNews&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
This is just fail.
Lionsgate developing adaptation of Ellis novel
By JEFF SNEIDER
Lionsgate has tapped Noble Jones to write and direct a reimagining of "American Psycho" that will go back to Bret Easton Ellis' 1991 satirical novel, which Mary Harron previously adapted in 2000 as a feature starring Christian Bale.
Low-budget project, which has not yet been greenlit at Lionsgate, is currently in the early stages of development at the studio.
Set in Manhattan during the Wall Street boom of the late 1980s, "American Psycho" concerns the daily life of Patrick Bateman, a wealthy investment banker by day who becomes a homicidal maniac by night.
Jones pitched the project to Lionsgate several months ago and recently turned in a script that explores how Bateman would fare in modern-day Gotham.
A protege of David Fincher, Jones is a commercials and musicvideo helmer who served as second unit director for the Boston-shot scenes in Fincher's "The Social Network."
Jones is repped by WME, Anonymous Content and attorney Alex Kohner.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118047216?categoryid=13&cs=1&cmpid=RSS|News|LatestNews&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
This is just fail.