Dakota Fanning (The Alienist: Angel of Darkness, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) is set to enter the world of Patricia Highsmith's bestselling Tom Ripley novels, joining the cast of Showtime's drama series Ripley Stemming from series writer and director Steven Zaillian (Schindler's List, The Night Of), the series focuses on Tom Ripley (Fleabag's Andrew[...]
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Riding high off the series' huge Emmy Awards success, Fleabag co-star Andrew Scott will be venturing into the world of Patricia Highsmith's bestselling Tom Ripley novels for Showtime's drama series adaptation Ripley The eight-episode order stems from Oscar and Golden Globe winner and Emmy nominee Steven Zaillian (Schindler's List, The Night Of), who is set[...]
Tom Ripley is an interesting character – but his creator, the crime novelist Patricia Highsmith is so much more interesting.
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Highsmith graduated from Barnard College in New York City and wrote 22 novels between 1950 and her death in 1995 She wrote mainly crime novels but didn't create a recurring cop or detective hero who solved[...]
Less than two weeks after it was reported a number of networks and streaming services were looking to bet their programming schedule on the talents of one Tom Ripley, it appears Showtime is in final negotiations with Oscar-winning screenwriter Steve Zaillian (The Night Of) for a straight-to-series order that would have Zaillian writing and directing[...]
Appears a number of networks and streaming services are looking to bet on the talnets of one Tom Ripley, with Deadline Hollywood reporting that Oscar-winning screenwriter Steve Zaillian is looking to write and direct a series centered on the sociopathic anti-hero from Patricia Highsmith's crime novel series The project is looking for a direct-to-series order,[...]