Two genre properties are plotting returns from Lionsgate, Jeff Sneider (The Insneider) reports, with one of those projects being a fresh modern take on American Psycho.
“Lionsgate is plotting a new American Psycho movie and showing interest in a remake of The Dead Zone,” Sneider reported in last night’s edition of The Insneider newsletter.
American Psycho, the tale of murderous yuppie Patrick Bateman, began its life as a 1991 novel written by Bret Easton Ellis, which was turned into Mary Harron’s 2000 movie.
Christian Bale of course starred as Patrick Bateman in the hit movie, which still has fans debating a big question to this day: is Bateman really a murderer, or just a psychopath?
The film did spawn a direct-to-video “sequel” with American Psycho 2 in 2002, an initially unrelated story that was turned into an American Psycho sequel. Mila Kunis starred.
As for The Dead Zone, the story of a man who awakens from a coma to find he has psychic powers, it was first a 1979 novel from Stephen King that became a 1983 movie directed by David Cronenberg. Christopher Walken starred as main character Johnny Smith in the movie, and the King novel later spawned a 2002 TV series starring Anthony Michael Hall.
Jeff Sneider reports, “Roy Lee producing a new take that has Lionsgate very interested, as the studio’s TV department produced the USA series that starred Anthony Michael Hall.”
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‘The Dead Zone’
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