All of Us Strangers‘ Andrew Scott takes on the lead role in Netflix’s Ripley, based on Patricia Highsmith’s popular Tom Ripley novels. The first one-minute teaser captures a noir vibe in stunning black & white and briefly reveals the first look at Scott in character.
The eight-episode drama also features Dakota Fanning (The Alienist) as Marge Sherwood and Johnny Flynn (Lovesick) as Dickie Greenleaf. Eliot Sumner, Maurizio Lombardi, Margherita Buy, and John Malkovich also star.
Oscar winner Steven Zaillian (Schindler’s List) wrote the series and directed all eight episodes. Zaillian also served as an executive producer along with Garrett Basch, Clayton Townsend, Guymon Casady, Ben Forkner, Sharon Levy and Philipp Keel of Diogenes. Series star Andrew Scott is a producer.
“Tom Ripley (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,” reads Netflix’s synopsis. “Tom’s acceptance of the job is the first step into a complex life of deceit, fraud and murder.”
The series will premiere on April 4, 2024.
