Chris Connor reviews Netflix’s Ripley… Patricia Highsmith’s Ripley series of novels written between 1955 and 1991 have been adapted for film numerous times. The Talented Mr. Ripley has twice been adapted with Purple Noon in 1960 and a film using the book’s title in 1999. Ripley’s Game has also been adapted twice by Wim Wenders […]
Andrew Scott is Ripley in trailer for Netflix’s Patricia Highsmith series
Netflix has debuted the first trailer and a poster for Ripley, the upcoming eight-episode thriller from writer-director Steven Zaillian. Based on Patricia Highsmith’s bestselling Tom Ripley novels, the series stars Andrew Scott in the title role as the grifter Tom Ripley, alongside Dakota Fanning as Marge Sherwood, and Johnny Flynn as Dickie Greenleaf; take a […]
The American Friend: Four masters who created the ultimate Tom Ripley adaptation
Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at a classic neo-noir, The American Friend which saw four legends of cinema combine to create the greatest Tom Ripley adaptation… Lovers of cinemas literary adaptations may be familiar with the Tom Ripley series. Patricia Highsmith’s crime novels on the titular Ripley proved immensely popular and inevitably lead to […]
Andrew Scott to star as Tom Ripley in Showtime’s Ripley
Showtime has filled the title role of Ripley, a new series based off Patricia Highsmith’s novel series of sociopath Tom Ripley. Andrew Scott (Sherlock) will take on the role in the series from Oscar-winning screenwriter Steven Zaillian (Schindler’s List). “We are so thrilled to have the supremely talented filmmaker, Steve Zaillian, adapt the singular saga of […]
