Luca Guadagnino is set to direct a new version of American Psycho, the novel written by Bret Easton Ellis. Here's why he's a great fit for the director's chair.

B efore he was tapped to play Batman in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy, Christian Bale was arguably best known for his portrayal of serial Patrick Bateman in American P

American Psycho is getting a remake, with writer Scott Z. Burns (Side Effects, Contagion, The Bourne Ultimatum) set to do a new adaptation of author Brent Easton Ellis’s classic novel, and director Luca Guadagnino is in “final talks” to helm.

Lionsgate is in final negotiations with Challengers director Luca Guadagnino to make a new version of American Psycho — the classic story featuring Patrick Bateman who is a Wall Street investment banker by day and a serial killer by night.