It’s been 25 years since Chloë Sevigny first appeared in American Psycho as Jean, one of the women in the life of protagonist Patrick Bateman. Now, 25 years later, director Luca Guadagnino is getting ready to make his version of American Psycho, and Sevigny has already pitched him on returning to the role she originated all those years ago.
“When I heard that [Guadagnino] was maybe doing it … I pitched to him that I should play Jean again, and that they do that reverse-aging on me,” she told IndieWire. “I thought that would be something that he would be into, conceptually having the same actress play the same part.”
Sevigny said that she didn’t think the director was into the idea, though. “But I don’t know. He said he was going to think of something else for me,” she explained. Sevigny and Guadagnino have worked together in the past, and she’ll next be seen in his movie After the Hunt.
The original American Psycho, which is adapted from a 1991 Bret Easton Ellis novel, was a controversial movie at the time of its release, and has come to be seen as a classic in the years since. Guadagnino’s movie will not be a remake of the 2000 film, but instead a new adaptation of the original source material.
The novel follows Patrick Bateman, a successful 1980s finance bro, as we discover that he has a habit of murdering people in his apartment every evening. Given the combination of style and violence that defines the novel and the 2000 movie, it seems like exactly the kind of material Guadagnino enjoys working with.
Some of the best shots in Grok Imagine’s AI-made Odyssey don’t contain actors. Ancient landscapes stretch into the distance. Close-ups of grimy hands suggest people who have touched something rougher than a keyboard. For a few seconds, the illusion holds.
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YouTube videos could soon look better without eating quite so much data, right? Thankfully, the platform plans to introduce a new video format called AV2 on its web player in early 2027, promising more efficient streaming and potentially fewer playback hiccups on slower internet connections. The big headline is a roughly 30% improvement in compression efficiency over AV1, YouTube's existing video format. That doesn't guarantee every video will use 30% less data, but it could make streaming a little easier on both internet connections and data allowances.
What is AV2, and why should viewers care?
YouTube is changing how its Home page works, giving viewers more control over what shows up there and making some of the app’s most-used sections easier to reach. Custom Feeds are now replacing the existing topic chips for eligible users, while YouTube is also testing a redesigned top bar on mobile that moves Subscriptions closer to the Home feed.
YouTube first started experimenting with Custom Feeds earlier this year, letting you type out what you wanted to watch and turning that request into its own stream of recommendations. Now, the feature is starting to look less like a side experiment and more like something YouTube actually wants people to use as part of their everyday Home page.