Ripley (2024)

Ripley is an upcoming adaption of Patricia Highsmith's 1955 novel 'The Talented Mr Ripley'. The creator is Steven Zaillian (of 'Schindler's List' and 'The Night of' fame). It stars Andrew Scott as the titular Tom Ripley, with Johnny Flynn as Dickie Greenleaf and Dakota Fanning as Marge Sherwood. John Malkovich also has a role, he previously played the role of Tom Ripley in 2002's 'Ripley's Game' (based on the third book in the Ripliad). Here is the teaser trailer:

Here is the full trailer: It is due to be released on the 4th April 2024.

Edited by king15 on Mar 5th 2024 at 1:02:07 PM

Andrew is an amazing choice for Ripley. Really sells the sociopathic Magnificent Bastard that is Ripley

"That's right mortal. By channeling my divine rage into power, I have forged a new instrument in which to destroy you."

Heh, when I saw the thread title I thought this might be that Hulu Alien show that's coming out.

Edited by lbssb on Mar 5th 2024 at 7:09:54 AM

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That was what I was thinking!

I hope that it tries to do something new with the material (maybe touching on real-life people who have acted like Ripley).

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I'm really excited to watch this. I'm a huge fan of the book, love PurpleNoon and The Talented Mr. Ripley is one of my favourite films of all time. I can't wait to see how Zaillian interprets the story.

The cinematography already looks fantastic and I love how it's been shot in black and white. When Andrew Scott said "My God" in the trailer, that was the moment I though: "He's going to be a great Tom Ripley". It sounds so cold and sarcastic, I can really buy him as a manipulative, yet charismatic killer.

I don't know, he kind of looks his age in a really unflattering way. It'd have a difficult time selling me on sexual tension between him and Dickie.

I'm currently 2.5 episodes in (really enjoying it so far) and think they do a pretty good job of showing Ripley's attraction towards Dickie, but keeping it ambiguous about whether it's romantic, just for Dickie's lifestyle/wealth or a mix. Honestly, the fact that Andrew Scott is a bit older helps the fact that the series opts to go more similar to the books than the 1999 film by having Marge be distrustful of Ripley from the get go (I'm spoilering this in case people want to go in completely blind). It makes him seem a more like a free-loader (that it makes sense Marge would immediately distrust him) without making it too obvious (it's believable Dickie tolerates him for as long as he does).

Yeah, everything from the Aunt to the meeting to being a conman comes from the books. This isn't a 1:1 copy from the 2.5 episodes I've watched but it's definitely the most faithful adaptation so far.

Edited by king15 on Apr 6th 2024 at 9:11:50 AM

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Anyway, I watched the first episode so far. Not really sold on the show yet, but I did like the style, and I'm guessing they're taking their time with revealing what the exact backstory is with Tom and both Dickie and his Aunt. I haven't read the books, and the introduction to the Greenleafs happens so differently in the series than in film, that I imagine it's taken form the books, the film version felt like a Pragmatic Adaptation choise to just have a chance meeting and mistaken identity that Tom just exploits off the cuff, when the series instead decided to establish that Tom is already an active con man.

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Just finished the show and thought it was absolutely fantastic. It's hard for me to tell whether I prefer this to the 1999 film, they both approach the story in very different but equally enjoyable ways, but given that is one of my favourite films, that is high praise indeed. Andrew Scott was absolutely amazing in the role, and the black and white really complimented the film.

Edited by king15 on Apr 15th 2024 at 3:37:23 PM

So I finished the season, and my final thought is, it was a fine season of TV, but felt like it was missing something. One thing I did notice it missed from the movie was everything to do with Jazz. I also noticed, that if they can help it, they don't have two speaking actors in a scene at the same time.

The way the show showed all the breadcrumbs Tom accidentally leaves in his wake, I was expecting them to catch him at the end, but I guess the plan is to make more episodes.

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The jazz was something added for the film. In the book, like the show, Dickie was an artist (and not a particularly good one), and Ripley starts painting as well after he kills Dickie. I do miss the jazz as it was a good way for Ripley and Dickie to bond, but do like how the art is used at the end with Ripley saying that it contributed to the Dickie's feeling that he wasn't good at anything, so killed himself (which I don't believe Tom said in the books).

Also, without spoiling the rest of the books, I will say that making Dickie an artist ties better into the next book (and I think they've said they're open to future seasons). The entire subplot involving the Picasso painting and John Malkovich's character (an Adaptational Early Appearance of a character from the sequels), something new for the show (it seems to replace the book subplot of Ripley faking Dickie's will), also seems to set up the next series.