'American Psycho' heads to Broadway

American Psycho is slashing its way to Broadway!
Seriously? OMG! WTF? — ... Yet another movie is being turned into a Broadway musical, this time it is American Psycho according to The Hollywood Reporter. Normally I hate when they do that but I think that American Psycho can actually work as a musical just because of that Hip To Be Square scene!!! Only problem is no one will ever be as good as Christian Bale in the role! ...

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Idolator: Music News, Reviews, And Gossip — ... Well, at least he's come clean about that "dispute" not being about the film's violence. Upon rewatching—that link is probably NSFW if your workplace frowns on watching people get killed, BTW—I forgot how much I loved the parts of Psycho that involved protagonist/murderous sonofabitch Patrick Bateman spouting off bits of music "criticism." Read them and wonder if a new-millennium update of the book would involve him having a blog. "American Psycho" Heads To Broadway [Hollywood Reporter] Huey Lewis' favorite music in ...

‘American Psycho’ … the Musical? Seriously?
We Are Movie Geeks — ... Johnson said that, aside from a love of the controversial 1991 Simon & Schuster bestseller, his main inspiration for staging the project is "the great economic divide in this country." Citing his years as a Wall Street lawyer in the '80s, he said he's aiming for a tone that's "very real, (though) obviously exaggerated."] — Hollywood Reporter ...

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Vulture — ... American Singer: Crazy producers are turning Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho into a stage musical, with "original 1980s-inspired songs and familiar covers of hits from the era." No director, librettist, or songwriters have signed on to this future debacle as of yet. Jeez, what are they waiting for, a singing telegram from a naked guy with a chainsaw? [HR] ...

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indieWIRE: Buzz / Rumors — ... Cantet and kelly Reichardt, is online now. [FILMMAKER] Burns Disses Palin At an Emmy panel in NYC, PBS doc auteur Ken Burns calls Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin "supremely unqualified" and likens the race to "a high school popularity contest and an 'American Idol' competition." [HR] "Slacker Uprising" Available now: Michael Moore is giving away his doc tracking his '04 election season travels, for free, online. [MOORE SITE] "American Psycho" Eyeing B'way Musical based on Ellis' novel is in the works ...

Enough With the Improbable Broadway Musicals Already!
Vulture — ... shows about Spider-Man and Emmett Otter's Jug-Band Christmas, how far do producers honestly expect they can stretch the dollars of inane-spectacle-appreciating theater fans? Surely there can't be that many of us! The only thing as sure as next week's announcement of Pasolini's Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma: The Musical! is that most of these shows will lose somebody a lot of money. (Admittedly, though, we're totally going to see all of them.) 'American Psycho' heads to Broadway [HR] ...

“American Psycho” Heads To Broadway
Hollywoodtuna — ... Better book your reservations for Dorsia now… According to The Hollywood Reporter, Patrick Bateman will be singing and slashing his way through Broadway in 2010. Producers are adapting the Bret Easton Ellis‘ novel and the 2000 movie version of American Psycho into a musical, using ’80s-inspired original songs and covers of the Phil Collins and Huey Lewis hits that feature prominently in the story. I wonder if they’ll take a page out of Evil Dead: The Musical’s book and have a designated ...

American Psycho Musical Bound for Broadway!
Gothamist — ... the timing couldn't be more perfect: "Now in particular it seems relevant, especially given what's happening on Wall Street." He also tells Hollywood Reporter he wants the production to be "very real, (though) obviously exaggerated." Which can only mean that the first few rows in the Bateman splatter zone will receive commemorative ponchos, ...