Editing Bret Easton Ellis (section)

==Career==
After the success and controversy of ''Less than Zero'' in 1985, Ellis became closely associated and good friends with fellow Brat Pack writer [[Jay McInerney]]: the two became known as the "toxic twins" for their highly publicized late-night debauchery.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ardeljan-Braden |first1=Alexa |title=Bret Easton Ellis: A Profile On The Face Of LA's Gen X |url=https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/california/articles/bret-easton-ellis-a-profile-on-the-face-of-las-gen-x/ |website=Culture Trip |date=April 2016 |access-date=28 July 2020}}</ref> Ellis became a pariah for a time following the release of ''American Psycho'' (1991), which later became a critical and cult hit, more so after its [[American Psycho (film)|2000 movie adaptation]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/01/bret-easton-ellis-american-psycho-25-years |title=Bret Easton Ellis Still Stuck with American Psycho After 25 Years |last=Cain |first=Sian |date=April 1, 2016 |website=The Guardian |access-date=March 25, 2021}}</ref> It is now regarded as Ellis's ''[[Masterpiece|magnum opus]]'', garnering acknowledgement from a number of academics.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=ELDRIDGE|first=DAVID|date=March 20, 2008|title=The Generic American Psycho|journal=Journal of American Studies|volume=42|issue=1|pages=19–33|doi=10.1017/s0021875807004355|s2cid=146580328|issn=0021-8758}}</ref> ''The Informers'' (1994) was offered to his publisher during ''[[Glamorama]]'''s long writing history. Ellis wrote a screenplay for [[The Rules of Attraction (film)|''The Rules of Attraction''{{'}}s film adaptation]], which was not used. He records a fictionalized version of his life story up until this point in the first chapter of ''Lunar Park'' (2005). After the death of his lover Michael Wade Kaplan, Ellis was spurred to finish ''Lunar Park'' and inflected it with a new tone of wistfulness.<ref>{{cite news|title=New Tone of Wistfulness for Lunar Park|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/07/arts/07wyat.html?pagewanted=print|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 7, 2005|access-date=March 5, 2012}}</ref> Ellis was approached by young screenwriter [[Nicholas Jarecki]] to adapt ''The Informers'' into a film; the script they co-wrote was cut from 150 to 94 pages and taken from Jarecki to give to Australian director [[Gregor Jordan]], whose light-on-humor vision of the film met with negative reviews when it was released in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/film-review-informers-92815|title=Film Review: The Informers|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=January 26, 2009 |language=en|access-date=August 26, 2019}}</ref>

Despite setbacks as a screenwriter, Ellis teamed up with director [[Gus Van Sant]] in 2009 to adapt the ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' article "The Golden Suicides" into a film of the same name, depicting the paranoid final days and suicides of celebrity artists [[Theresa Duncan]] and [[Jeremy Blake]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/bret-easton-ellis-talks-about-the-golden-suicides/ |title=Bret Easton Ellis Talks About 'The Golden Suicides' |last=Fischer |first=Russ |date=May 22, 2010 |website=Slash Film |access-date=March 24, 2021}}</ref> The film, as of 2024, had not been made. When Van Sant appeared on ''The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast'' on February 12, 2014, he stated that he was never attached to the project as a screenwriter or a director, merely a consultant, saying that the material seemed too tricky for him to properly render on screen. Ellis and Van Sant mentioned that [[Naomi Watts]] and [[Ryan Gosling]] were approached to star as Duncan and Blake, respectively. Ellis confirmed that he and his producing partner [[Braxton Pope]] were still working on the project, with Ellis revisiting the screenplay from time to time. As of April 2014, radical filmmaker [[Gaspar Noé]] was officially attached to direct if the film went into production, but he proved troublesome to work with due to his erratic behavior.<ref name="podcastone.com"/>

In 2010, Ellis released ''Imperial Bedrooms'', the sequel to his début novel. Ellis wrote it following his return to LA. It fictionalizes his work on the film adaptation of ''The Informers'', from the perspective of Clay. ''Publishers Weekly'' gave the book a positive review, saying, "Ellis fans will delight in the characters and Ellis's easy hand in manipulating their fates, and though the novel's synchronicity with Zero is sublime, this also works as a stellar stand-alone."<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-307-26610-1 |title=Imperial Bedrooms |author=Bret Easton Ellis |isbn=978-0-307-26610-1 |publisher=Publishers Weekly |date=June 2010 |access-date=August 24, 2019}}</ref> Ellis expressed interest in writing the screenplay for the ''[[Fifty Shades of Grey (2014 film)|Fifty Shades of Grey]]'' film adaptation. He discussed casting with his followers, and even mentioned meeting with the film's producers, as well as noting he felt it went well.<ref>{{cite journal | url = https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/jun/12/bret-easton-ellis-fifty-shades-grey | title = Could Bret Easton Ellis bring Fifty Shades of Grey to fruition? | date = June 12, 2012 | access-date = July 30, 2012 | first= Ben | last= Child | journal = [[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/BretEastonEllis/status/229036662385147905 "Fifty Shades of Grey: a very positive meeting last week with producers Michael De Luca and Dana Brunetti. Seems we're all on the same page."] Bret Easton Ellis' Twitter account. Retrieved July 30, 2012</ref> The job eventually went to [[Kelly Marcel]], [[Patrick Marber]] and [[Mark Bomback]].<ref name=Marcel>{{cite web |last=Kit|first=Borys|title='Fifty Shades of Grey' Movie Hires Writer |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/fifty-shades-kelly-marcel-will-377127 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=May 27, 2013|date=October 8, 2012}}</ref> In 2012 Ellis wrote the screenplay for the independent film ''[[The Canyons (film)|The Canyons]]'' and helped raise money for its production.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1094772583/the-canyons |title=The Canyons by Braxton Pope – Kickstarter |publisher=Kickstarter.com |date=June 9, 2012 |access-date=June 29, 2014}}</ref> The film was released in 2013 and critically panned, but was a modest financial success, with [[Lindsay Lohan]]'s performance in the lead role earning some positive reviews.<ref>[http://www.villagevoice.com/2013-07-31/film/the-canyons/ "''The Canyons'' Is Vital, Messy, and Alive With Regret"] ''[[The Village Voice]]'', July 31, 2013. Retrieved on August 2, 2013</ref>