The novelist and screenwriter Bret Easton Ellis — probably best-known for his controversial American Psycho and the equally-divisive Christian Bale film adaptation — most recently tried his hand at the cinema with The Informers, which, despite being based on his own collection of California-based short stories, ended up being a significant flop, both critically and commercially. (BoxOfficeMojo lists its worldwide box-office total at a stunningly low $382,000.)
However, back in 2009, Noé was selected to pen the screenplay for The Golden Suicides, an adaptation of Nancy Jo Sales’ 2008 article for Vanity Fair, which detailed the mysterious and unusual suicides of Jeremy Blake and Theresa Duncan. Ellis must have just put his finishing touches on the script, as it looks like Muse Productions (The Virgin Suicides, American Psycho, The Killer Inside Me) is currently trying to land a director for the project. [The Playlist]
Gaspar Noé is perhaps the most eye-opening candidate for the position; his dynamic and unsettling filmography — which includes 2002’s Irreversible and the more recent Enter the Void — may suit him well for the role of adapting Ellis‘ work. But “consideration” is the extent of Noe‘s involvement thus far, so we’ll have to wait before speculating any further.
Would you like to see Noe adapt the Ellis screenplay? Do you have any other candidates in mind?