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Patricia Highsmith's "The Talented Mr. Ripley" is being remade after 24 years.
The series can be seen on Netflix from April.
“The Talented Mr. Ripley” is the first of five Tom Ripley novels by the American author Patricia Highsmith from 1955. The book was first published in German in 1961 under the title “Only the Sun Was Witness”.
The crime thriller was adapted for the big screen in 1960 and 1999, most recently with Matt Damon and Jude Law in the leading roles.
The new miniseries can be seen on Netflix from April 4th.
“Ripley” as a series on Netflix: Trailer for the series
“The Talented Mr. Ripley” by Patricia Highsmith will be released as a series on Netflix in April.
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In New York in the early 1960s, young Tom Ripley earns his living with sporadic jobs and small scams.
When he accepts a rich man's offer to travel to Italy to persuade his rebellious son to return home, he begins a complicated life marked by deception, fraud and murder.
The drama series is an adaptation of the hugely popular Tom Ripley novels by Patricia Highsmith.
Andrew Scott takes on the role of Tom Ripley, while Dakota Fanning stars as Marge Sherwood.
Johnny Flynn portrays Dickie Greenleaf.
Other members of the ensemble include Eliot Sumner, Maurizio Lombardi, Margherita Buy and John Malkovich.
“Ripley” is the result of a collaboration between production companies Showtime and Endemol Shine North America, Entertainment 360 and Filmrights.
The series is produced by Diogenes' Steven Zaillian, Garrett Basch, Clayton Townsend, Guymon Casady, Ben Forkner, Sharon Levy and Philipp Keel, with Scott also serving as producer.
Steven Zaillian, who also wrote the screenplay, directed all eight episodes.
The Ripley mysteries in order
The Talented Mr. Ripley, 1955
Ripley Under Ground, 1970
Ripley's Game or The American Friend, 1974
The Boy Who Followed Ripley, 1980
Ripley Under Water, 1991
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Diogenes Verlag not only owns the world, film and theater rights of writers such as Patricia Highsmith, Patrick Süskind, Donna Leon, Petros Markaris, Benedict Wells and Daniela Krien, but Diogenes publisher Philipp Keel is also a producer for numerous international film and television projects.
This is done through its subsidiary Diogenes Entertainment, which was founded in 2016, according to the
German Book Trade Association
.
The inspiration for Diogenes Entertainment comes from his involvement in the film adaptations of Bernhard Schlink's The Reader with Kate Winslet, Patrick Süskind's Perfume and Friedrich Dürrenmatt's The Promise, which starred Jack Nicholson and Sean Penn.
On the occasion of the Netflix series “Ripley”
The new edition of the novel “The Talented Mr. Ripley” will be published by Diogenes Verlag on March 20, 2024.
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Patricia Highsmith “The Talented Mr. Ripley”
2003 Diogenes, ISBN-13 978-3-257-23404-6
Price: Paperback €14, 432 pages
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