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"American Psycho has been adapted into a musical for the London stage. The Headlong Theatre Company announced that it will include the musical, based on Bret Easton Ellis&amp;#039;s 1991 novel of the same name, during its 2012-2013 season. Enron&amp;#039;s Rupert Goold is attached as the director for the musical, while Spring Awakening&amp;#039;s Duncan Sheik will be responsible for the music and lyrics with a book by Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark&amp;#039;s Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. In 2000, American Psycho was turned into a feature film, starring Christian Bale as the businessman psychopath Patrick Bateman.  The movie, which became a cult hit, also featured Reese Witherspoon, Big Love&amp;#039;s Chloe Sevigny, Justin Theroux and The Firm&amp;#039;s Josh Lucas. No opening date or casting news has been announced for the musical. Watch a clip from the 2000 film American Psycho below (US only):      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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