Untitled American Psycho remake

the currently untitled American Psycho project is an upcoming American psychological dark comedy slasher film directed by , written by David Matalon and Bryce McGuire with a story conceived by Bryce McGuire and Finn. It is a loose remake of 's 2000 film American Psycho, the film itself is based on 's .
==Premise==
Set in 1996 , a good looking banking investment executive has kept his psychopathic ego hidden from his friends and co-workers Meanwhile, Patrick's younger brother Sean Bateman a gifted, yet troubled homicide detective and P.I. Don Kimball suspect Patrick is the culprit in a series of sadistic crimes, as the three dive deeper into the violent bloody crimes, the trail with lead to a lethal showdown between the two brothers, only question is who will survive and who will die?
==Cast== 
*NYPD Homicide Detective Sean Batemen: An ex-drug dealer and heavy substance abuser turned homicide detective who suffers post-traumatic stress disorder and has a unique form of acquired savant syndrome and Patrick's younger brother. Sean will be the films' semi-bisexual hero who values the four cardinal virtues
*: A New York investment banker who leads a double life as a serial killer and Sean's older brother whom he loves and hates. Just like in the 2000 film the character will the films' antihero to Sean's hero, he will be a mix of Bale's Patrick Bateman and Anthony Perkins' Norman Bates
* as P.I. Don Kimball: A black private investigator who investigates the murder of one of Bateman's co-workers.
==Production==
Universal and Blumhouse announced that a dark comedy slasher adaptation of the Ellis novel was put in development and was also confirmed to be a remake of Harron's 2000 film released by Lionsgate. The film will be unconventional story of brother vs. brother, hero against antihero as opposed to a standard hero against villain, it will take place 1996 like the original blends dark comedy and horror to satirize '90s rankism, classism, and consumerism with remnants of yuppie culture however, it also mixes action, drama, and crime to emphasize the four cardinal virtues, instead of Patrick being the main character, it'll go to his brother Sean, who'll be an ex-drug dealer and heavy substance abuser turned NYPD homicide detective with PTSD and acquired savant syndrome bumping Patrick down to secondary character. and Ashley Levinson, Greg Gilreath, Ryan Turek, and Couper Samuelson will executive produce the film, while Jason Blum, Adam Hendricks, and Harrison Kreiss will handle producing, David Matalon and Bryce McGuire will write the script, Parker Finn (Smile) was hired by Hendricks and Kreiss to direct the film.
===Casting===
 will co-star as P.I. Don Kimball, a black version of Dafoe's character mixed with Mike Morris from the Child's Play 2019 reboot.
===Music===
Nathan Whitehead (The Purge franchise) will score the film while incorporating new renditions 's score from the original film. 
===Filming===
Principal photography will take place in Toronto, Canada and New York City the same locations where the original film was shot with use of Kodak 9 building for the climax. Certain scenes will be reenacted from the original film.
Category:Universal Pictures
Category:Dark comedy
Category:Psychological horror
Category:Slasher
Category:Film Remake
Category:Blumhouse Productions
Category:Upcoming films
Category:English-language films
Category:Films based on novels
Category:Films set in the 1990s