The upcoming American Psycho remake is a “bold choice” according to Christian Bale.

Bale played the iconic serial killer and investment banker Patrick Bateman in the original version of the movie released in 2000, which was based on the 1991 novel by Bret Easton Ellis. Challengers and After the Hunt director Luca Guadagnino shared during the Lionsgate panel at Cinemacon 2025 that he was working on a new American Psycho adaptation, with Scott Z. Burns writing the script.

During the premiere of Bale’s new movie The Bride!, The Hollywood Reporter asked if he had any young actors in mind to play Patrick Bateman. He shared that he is open-minded about the possibility of someone else taking on the role, but clarifies that he does not know anything about the project, and calls it a “bold” endeavor. Check out Bale’s response below:

“Whoever wants to give it a shot, give it a pop. I loved making it with [director] Mary Harron so many years back, fantastic memories of it all. Bold choice of anyone to try to do a — I don’t know if they’re doing a remake or what, I don’t know anything else about it. But all the best to ’em, I like brave people.”

Bale’s comments come shortly after Ellis admitted that the new American Psycho‘s casting has proven to be difficult, as “A couple of high-profile actors, whom I can’t name, have turned it down” and “I think maybe because they don’t want to be in the shoes of Christian Bale.” The author did emphasize that “this movie is completely different from Mary Harron’s 2000 movie. It’s a completely different take, and going to bear no resemblance to that movie.”

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Release Date

April 14, 2000

Runtime

101 minutes

Director

Mary Harron

Writers

Bret Easton Ellis, Mary Harron, Guinevere Turner