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In a move sure to piss off more then a few fans a new horror musical appears to be in the works. Hot on the heels of EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL comes news that AMERICAN PSYCHO will be adapted for the stage.
Interesting, I'll give it that. I always seem to hear a lot of bitching amongst hard core fans about "horror musicals" but I have to tell you, I think its great. Horror has always been about diversity and trying new things, pushing the envelope and having Patrick Bateman dancing around killing folks is certainly pushing the envelope. Go for it I say and lets see what they come up with.
Not a ton of info available yet but here is what THR is reporting:
Producers are betting Bret Easton Ellis' novel and screen adaptation will
translate to a stage musical, with original 1980s-inspired songs and familiar
covers of hits from the era.
The Johnson-Roessler Co.'s David Johnson,
Craig Roessler and Jesse Singer, the Collective's Aaron Ray and XYZ Films' Nate
Bolotin have partnered to acquire, develop and produce the tale of violent Wall
Street investment banker Patrick Bateman. Ellis and Edward R. Pressman, the
producer of Mary Harron's 1999 film adaptation, will serve as consulting
producers.
No director, book writer or songwriters have yet been brought
on board the project, but producers say they're in early talks with some
potential dramatists and hope to stage by 2010 with an eye for Broadway. Musical
killers have had mixed success onstage, from the acclaimed "Sweeney Todd" and
tepidly received "Assassins" to the disastrous "Carrie."
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."
Singer added that they hoped the musical would retain the
book's satire and its "electric charge, which inspired both fans and haters."
Its depiction of violence against women inspired protest when it was
published.
Music rights have not yet been secured, but producers hope to
include songs by such bands as Talking Heads, Genesis and Huey Lewis and the
News mentioned extensively in the novel.
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