You may recall that a while back Andrew posted some news that the vamps had been removed from The Informers, the film adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ novel.

General consensus around here was that it simply didn’t make any sense, especially if they played a large role in the story but other than that change, there didn’t seem to be a great deal of hate for the fact that they were making a film at all and frankly, I can’t say I had much of an argument for or against since I’ve yet to open the book (need to get on that ASAP). The interesting bit is that IMDb’s synopsis (I know, not the most accurate of sources for stuff like this) for the movie actually includes vampires so it’s not clear if they’ve actually been written out of the story. We’ll have to wait for official word to clear the one up.

The film is being directed by Gregor Jordan who directed the excellent Buffalo Soldiers and the not-so-good but still worth seeing Ned Kelly (a film in which Orlando Bloom does more – if only a little more – than just look good). This new film stars Winona Ryder, Mickey Rourke, Kim Basinger, Billy Bob Thornton and one, if not, Brad Renfro’s last performances.

The trailer starts off with a big freakin’ bang and then gets a little heavy on the talking, interspersed between scenes of drugs, sex and excess typical of Ellis’ works. I’m not quite sure this will be worth the trip to the theater, I started to loose interest in the too-long trailer about 2 minutes in, but I’m too curious to not see a movie based on one of Ellis’ novels. I love that they’ve kept this set in the 80′s, I’m not sure it would work if they moved it into the 21st century, but it’s certainly adds to the appeal.

No official release date for The Informers yet but we’ll keep you posted when it’s announced.

Trailer has been removed upon the request of the studio