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Previously set for launch at Showtime, Ripley is headed to Netflix in response to a report from Deadline which says that restricted sequence is within the remaining levels of being moved to Netflix.
Per the report, the deal occurred following the undertaking being shopped round by Showtime’s guardian firm which opted to not proceed with the undertaking given Showtime is about to be collapsed into Paramount+. It is one in all a number of initiatives not transferring ahead on the cable community with others, together with Three Women and American Gigolo.
While designed as a restricted sequence, “there is a possibility to go beyond the first installment if it’s a hit,” in response to the report.
The undertaking has been in growth for years now, first introduced in September 2019. After being pushed again a number of instances (attributable to COVID-19 in some situations), filming lastly obtained underway on the undertaking in July 2021 and concluded in early 2022. It was partially filmed in Italy and New York.
The 8-episode restricted sequence is an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s bestselling sequence of novels (The Talented Mr. Ripley) with the plot following a grifter named Ripley, who resides in New York through the Nineteen Sixties and is employed by a rich man to start a fancy lifetime of deceit, fraud, and homicide.
Steven Zaillian (Moneyball, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) is behind the undertaking, each writing and directing.
Andrew Scott (Fleabag, Black Mirror) leads the solid as Tom Ripley, Dakota Fanning (War of the Worlds, The First Lady) performs Marge Sherwood, an American dwelling in Italy who suspects Ripley of getting darker motives beneath his affable exterior, and Johnny Flynn (Emma) as Dickie Greenleaf.
Rounding out the solid are Eliot Summer, Dan Meeteucci, and Pasquale Esposito.
Endemol Shine North America and Entertainment 360 are the 2 manufacturing firms behind the undertaking.
We’ll be producing a full preview as soon as we get affirmation from Netflix that the undertaking is headed their manner.
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