As a huge fan of Brett Easton Ellis, I’m always excited when another of his very unique books make their way to the big screen. Also, Roger Avary got The Rules of Attraction just right, so they seem to be a match made in heaven. According to The Playlist, there will be another collaboration between the author and the filmmaker. Count me in, of course, though I freely admit that this particular story is going to be a hard sell to most. Anyhow, here’s the story:
The last time Roger Avary directed a film, it was in collaboration with Bret Easton Ellis. Together, the two of them were responsible for the hyperactive 2002 adaptation of “The Rules Of Attraction” and something of a spinoff in the mostly-improvisational “Glitterati” cut together from the extensive footage shot for Victor’s European trip sequence. And how did that go? ‘Attraction’ pulled in less than $12 million worldwide, while “Glitterati” has only been seen by a handful of people and may never obtain any sort of release due to its pornographic content. So, naturally, Avary hasn’t directed anything in almost a decade (not to mention his brief stint in jail). And in a perfect example of Hollywood logic, it looks like he’ll return to directing with another collaboration with Ellis.
According to Ellis’ Twitter feed, Avary has finally cracked his long-in-the-works adaptation of Ellis’ “Glamorama.” “Just finished reading Roger Avary’s adaptation of ‘Glamorama’ which he will direct next year,” he writes. “Hilarious, horrific, sad. He’s a mad genius.” He then added, “And if he can get away with the sex scenes: it’s as hot as fucking hell…” You know. For kids.
The plot of “Glamorama,” fueled (as other Ellis works) by drugs, alcohol and sex, concerns a model who turns to an underground terrorist organization. Where this gets complicated is that Avary and Ellis could be building their own on-screen cinematic universe, given that the model is Victor Ward, played by Kip Pardue in both “Attraction” and “Glitterati.” Pardue isn’t exactly a leading man any longer, but being that this movie is probably going to come together under the radar pretty quietly, we wouldn’t be surprised at that attempt at continuity. Though we would like to see that missing scene from “The Rules Of Attraction” where James Van Der Beek‘s Sean Bateman calls his brother Patrick, as played byCasper Van Dien (!).
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I’m very excited…fingers crossed that it happens.