Bret Easton Ellis penned the filmic play for a work with originality.
Bret Easton Ellis . Ellis also wrote the screenplay for the critically derided 2013 film The Canyons , an original work . Imperial Bedrooms . Released on June 15 , 2010 , it is the sequel to Less Than Zero , Ellis ' 1985 bestselling literary debut , which was shortly followed by a film adaptation in 1987 . In doing this , Ellis is able to comment on the earlier novel 's style and on the development of its moralistic film adaptation . The Informers is a collection of short stories , seemingly linked by the same continuity , authored by American author Bret Easton Ellis .