After breaking out in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, Cooper Koch has his sights set on his subsequent position — and an iconic one at that.
On the Academy Museum Gala in Los Angeles on Saturday evening, Koch instructed The Hollywood Reporter, “Luca’s doing American Psycho, so I think I can do Patrick Bateman,” when requested what he was trying to do for his Menendez follow-up.
It was reported on Friday that Luca Guadagnino is in ultimate negotiations to helm a brand new movie adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis‘ 1991 novel American Psycho for Lionsgate. The primary movie, launched in 2000, starred Christian Bale as Bateman, an funding banker who seemingly leads a double life as a serial killer.
“I haven’t played a serial killer yet so I think I could do it,” Koch added, noting that in the previous few weeks since his Netflix collection’ launch, he’s been getting a surge of appearing prospects. “Things are coming in, things are moving, things are happening, taking meetings, and the needle is threading so we’ll see, nothing is locked in or happening yet.”
Guadagnino’s most up-to-date movie is the Amazon characteristic Challengers, which hit theaters in the spring and stars Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist, which Koch additionally referred to as out as his favourite film of the yr, teasing, “I’m a big gay tennis boy.”
Guadagnino’s subsequent film, Queer, stars Daniel Craig and is ready for theatrical launch on Nov. 27 from A24; the filmmaker is at present in postproduction on After the Hunt, with leads Julia Roberts and Andrew Garfield.
Scott Z. Burns is writing the script for the brand new American Psycho, which is produced by Frenesy Movies and is alleged to not be a remake of the primary adaptation however slightly a brand new tackle the novel. Sam Pressman of Pressman Movies — whose father, Edward R. Pressman, produced the 2000 film — is govt producing the brand new model.