Ripley
Hollywood Reporter Critics Pick the 10 Best TV Shows of 2024 So Far
Faves from the first half of the year include a pair of addictively dark Netflix dramas, a heart-tugging sports doc/celebrity bromance and a stronger-than-ever season of 'Hacks.'
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How to Sound Like a Con in ‘Ripley’
During Steven Zaillian’s Ripley, the viewer gleans a lot from things that aren’t said, whether that’s through telltale props, intricate sets or fabulous 1960s fashion. But it’s the show’s sound mixing that really becomes a key player in the Netflix series, adding tension and mystery to scenes with little dialogue or score. “Steve clearly planned […]
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Critics’ Conversation: From ‘Baby Reindeer’ to ‘Fallout’ — Spring TV’s Left-Field Standouts and Shiny Letdowns
THR’s television critics dissect a busy small-screen season that included some unexpected blowout hits and a string of prestige projects with lots of stars but little spark.
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2024 Gotham TV Awards: ‘Baby Reindeer,’ ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith,’ ‘Colin From Accounts’ Top Winners
Baby Reindeer, Mr. and Mrs. Smith and Colin From Accounts were the top winners at the first-ever Gotham TV Awards, which took place in New York on Tuesday night. Accepting for breakthrough limited series, the final award of the night, Baby Reindeer star and creator Richard Gadd offered a thoughtful observation about the Netflix show’s […]
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Underwater Panic and a Secret Color Version: Inside the Making of ‘Ripley’
Creator Steve Zaillian, Andrew Scott and others reveal what it took to create the noir, baroque and murderously elegant Netflix hit series.
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Glenn Close Joins Daniel Craig in ‘Knives Out 3’ (Exclusive)
Glenn Close is the latest star to board the new Knives Out mystery movie. The actress has joined the all-star cast of Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Rian Johnson’s thriller headlined by Daniel Craig. The Netflix feature has been on a casting tear in the past week, furiously sewing up deals as […]
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How ‘Ripley’ Star Eliot Sumner “Risked It All” With The Audition for Freddie Miles
In Netflix’s Ripley — Steven Zaillian’s foray into the world of con man Tom Ripley (Andrew Scott) based on Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley — Eliot Sumner’s Freddie Miles is English. Considering that in both the book and previous 1999 movie, the character is very American, the singer-actor took a risk with […]
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Cats Are Finally Having a Big Hollywood Meow-Ment
Cats, call your agents. Top creatives are increasingly giving the notoriously tough-to-train pets dramatic roles in live-action projects. In Steven Zaillian’s acclaimed Netflix limited series Ripley, a Maine Coon dubbed Lucio has been called “a main character.” In Paramount’s upcoming A Quiet Place: Day One, Lupita Nyong’o plays a woman struggling to escape an alien […]
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Events of the Week: ‘Ripley,’ ‘Civil War’ and More
Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including events for Ripley, Civil War and Monkey Man. STEVE! (Martin) A Documentary in 2 Pieces premiere Steve Martin was joined by Selena Gomez, Jimmy Fallon, Diane Sawyer, Richard Kind and Finn Wittrock at the New York premiere […]
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Andrew Scott on His Selective Approach to Playing Darker Roles Like ‘Ripley’: “Don’t Want to Do It Too Much”
Andrew Scott continues to add to his wide-ranging acting résumé with Ripley, taking on famed con man Tom Ripley as he is hired to live a life of deceit, fraud and murder. After playing a Bond villain in 2015’s Spectre, Scott shared that playing such an evil role was “not a territory that I feel […]
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‘Ripley’ Review: Andrew Scott and Dakota Fanning in Netflix’s Moody Fresh Take on Patricia Highsmith
Steven Zaillian wrote and directed the eight-episode adaptation, an Italy-set black-and-white thriller about the eponymous grifter turned sociopath.
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Netflix Debuts ‘Ripley’ Teaser, Premiere Date
Showtime’s loss is Netflix’s gain. The streaming giant has unveiled a first-look teaser for its Andrew Scott-led Ripley series. Originally developed by Showtime and picked up by Netflix a year ago, the series is based on Patricia Highsmith’s best-selling Tom Ripley novels. Scott (aka the “Hot Priest” from Fleabag) stars as a grifter who scrapes […]
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