An image of Patrick Bateman and Rachael Newman from American Psycho and American Psycho 2, respectively.
The satirical horror film led by Christian Bale, American Psycho, received a long-forgotten sequel starring Mila Kunis just two years after its release, entitled American Psycho 2. The stand-alone sequel to American Psycho, also known as American Psycho II: All American Girl on some promotional materials, was directed by then-up-and-coming indie film director Morgan J. Freeman. However, despite this pedigree, the project was a commercial failure.
American Pyscho 2 Wasn't Originally Conceived As A Sequel Lionsgate Capitalized Off Of American Psycho's Success Close Penned by Alex Sanger and Karen Craig, the slasher film was originally conceived as The Girl Who Wouldn’t Die . It had no association with American Psycho until after production began, when the screenplay was altered to connect the film to the original.
In an interview with the New York Post, prior to American Psycho 2’s release, Ellis claimed to be unaware of the sequel, as well as Lionsgate’s intentions with the rights to the story. He also expressed confusion at the film’s billing as a sequel to Harron’s 2000 film adaptation. However, in the same interview, Ellis also said:
Whereas the original film was a satirization of 1980s yuppie culture and consumerism, and ego-driven male behavior as seen through the female perspective, the sequel, by contrast, provided no further insight into American culture. As promotional material for American Psycho, fans could register to receive emails “from” Patrick, in which he provided life updates a decade after the events of the film, such as his marriage and impending divorce from Jean , with whom he had a son, Patrick Jr. The emails were written by an unnamed writer attached to the film and approved by Ellis. They served as an “e-sequel” to the original novel rather than the film, but arguably made a sequel even more redundant.
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