The Alienist) has been cast in Showtime’s upcoming
Ripley, a series adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novels of con artist and serial killer Tom Ripley. She will star alongside Andrew Scott (
Sherlock), who plays the title role.
Ripley follows “Tom Ripley, a grifter scraping by in early 1960s New York. When Tom is hired by a wealthy businessman to travel to Italy and to try to convince the man’s vagabond son to return home, his acceptance of the job is the first step into a complex life of deceit.”
Fanning will portray Marge Sherwood, an American living in Italy who suspects that Tom’s affability hides darker motives. Also joining the series is Johnny Flynn (
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LINE OF DUTY
Jed Mercurio’s gripping police-procedural series is due to return for its sixth season before the end of March with further tales of AC-12’s ongoing struggle against corruption in the UK police force corruption which may or may not trace back to the officer in charge of the anti-corruption unit. The cast regulars are all returning, while Scottish actor Kelly Macdonald (“Trainspotting,” “Giri/Haji”) is signed up as Detective Chief Inspector Joanne Davidson, whom Mercurio has described as “the most enigmatic adversary AC-12 has ever faced.” As always, details of the storylines have been kept tightly under wraps, but it’s a good bet that, somewhere down the line, there will be one of Mercurio’s trademark breathtaking twists.
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