Netflix has released the first images of Andrew Scott from its upcoming thriller series, Ripley.
Set in Italy in the 1960s, the limited series promises to be "a suspense-filled journey", with Scott in the lead role.
It is based on Patricia Highsmith's bestselling Tom Ripley novels, which also inspired the 1999 movie The Talented Mr. Ripley, starring Matt Damon.
Ripley is written, directed, and executive produced by Academy Award winner Steve Zaillian, who previously wrote the screenplays for Schindler's List and The Irishman.
In the newly-released photographs, The Fleabag and All of Us Strangers actor Scott is pictured in a series of black and white images in lavish settings in what appears to be Italy.
Scott leads the eight episode series as the roguish protagonist Tom Ripley, who is described as a grifter scraping by in New York in the early 1960s.
He is hired by a wealthy industrialist to travel to Italy to try to convince the man’s dilettante son, Dickie Greenleaf (Johnny Flynn), to return home.
Accepting the job is Tom’s first step into a complex life of deceit, fraud and murder.
In addition to Scott in the title role, Dakota Fanning plays Marge Sherwood, Dickie’s girlfriend, who suspects darker motives underlie Tom’s affability.
Ripley will launch on Netflix in 2024.
