Andrew Scott is Tom Ripley in First Teaser for Mysterious ‘Ripley’ Series
by Alex Billington
January 22, 2024
Source: YouTube
“You are a very hard man to find. No address, phone, office.” Netflix has revealed a first look teaser trailer for a new series titled Ripley, arriving for in April this spring. It’s a thrilling new black & white series based on Patricia Highsmith’s bestselling Tom Ripley novels (the same novel turned into The Talented Mr. Ripley film from 1999). A grifter named Ripley living in 60s New York is hired by a wealthy man to begin a complex life of deceit, fraud & murder. Andrew Scott plays Tom Ripley. Dakota Fanning plays Marge Sherwood. Johnny Flynn plays Dickie Greenleaf. With Elliot Sumner, Maurizio Lombardi, Margherita Buy, with John Malkovich. All of this gorgeous cinematography is shot by the legendary DP Robert Elswit, best known for Magnolia, There Will Be Blood, Inherent Vice, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, King Richard, and many others. Ohhh yeah this is looking DAMN good! Stylish and sleek with plenty of intrigue.
Here’s the first look teaser trailer (+ poster) for Netflix’s series Ripley, direct from Netflix’s YouTube:
Tom Ripley (Andrew Scott), a grifter scraping by in early 1960s New York, is hired by a wealthy man to travel to Italy to try to convince his vagabond son to return home. Tom’s acceptance of the job is the first step into a complex life of deceit, fraud and murder. A series based on Patricia Highsmith’s bestselling Tom Ripley novels. Ripley is a series created by acclaimed writer Steven Zaillian (director of Searching for Bobby Fischer, A Civil Action, All the King’s Men, “The Night Of” series; writer of Searching for Bobby Fischer, Schindler’s List, A Civil Action, American Gangster, Moneyball, The Irishman). All 8 episode are written and directed by Zaillian. Ripley is co-produced by Showtime and Endemol Shine North America in association with Entertainment 360 and Filmrights. Executive produced by Steven Zaillian, Garrett Basch, Clayton Townsend, Guymon Casady, Ben Forkner, Sharon Levy and Philipp Keel of Diogenes. Produced by Andrew Scott. Netflix will debut Zaillian’s Ripley series streaming on Netflix starting on April 4th, 2024.
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