EXCLUSIVE: Ripley, An upcoming Showtime drama starring Andrew Scott has found a new home on Netflix. Agreements are still being finalized, but the limited series is starting The night ofSteven Zaillians Steven Zaillian, based on Patricia Highsmith’s best-selling quintet of Tom Ripley novels, is headed for worldwide streaming I hear. Officials from Netflix and Showtime declined to comment.
According to sources, the move has progressed quite rapidly in the past few days. When Deadline last week revealed another upcoming Showtime series, Drama three women, was purchased after the network decided not to pursue it prior to its integration with Paramount+, Ripley, which is in the early stages of post-production, was still aiming for a late 2023-early 24 launch on Showtime. (three women, whose first season has been completed must be picked up from Starz.)
While Ripley, Also starring Johnny Flynn and Dakota Fanning months away from airing, there has been plenty of buzz about the title from other premium networks and streamers. I understand that series executive producer Garrett Basch and WME first began exploring a move after announcing Showtime’s new programming strategy based on multi-series TV universes earlier this week. billion And On the right side Spinoffs in the making. I hear Netflix stepped in and bought the project as a precaution.
I listen to the eight episodes Ripley, mainly based on the The talented Mr. Ripley Novel, is designed as a limited series modeled after the critically acclaimed Zaillian The night ofbut there is a chance to go beyond the first episode if it is a hit.
Ripley follows Tom Ripley (Scott), a con artist running around New York in the early 1960s, who is hired by a wealthy man to try and get his itinerant son, Dickie Greenleaf (Flynn), to act as a comfortable, trust-funded ex to act. live. Patient to persuade living in Italy to return home. Tom’s acceptance of the job is the first step in a complex life of betrayal, deceit and murder. Fanning plays Marge Sherwood, an American living in Italy who suspects darker motives behind Tom’s condescension.
Zaillian wrote and directed the entire first season of the series, co-produced by Showtime and Endemol Shine North America in association with Entertainment 360 and Filmrights. Executive producers are Zaillian, Basch, Guymon Casady, Ben Forkner, Sharon Levy, Diogenes’ Philipp Keel. Scott serves as producer.
Source: Deadline
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