Ripley Netflix Series: All You Need to Know the B/W Thriller

Ripley is a 2024 Netflix psychological thriller TV series. Written, produced, and directed by Steve Zaillian, this American TV drama takes the Netflix audience on a suspense-filled journey set in Italy in the ’60s. This eight-episode limited series stars Andrew Scott, Johnny Flynn, and Dakota Fanning in lead roles. The first season of this Netflix TV series will premiere on April 4, 2024. The thriller will be presented in black-and-white.

Ripley 2024 TV series details

Directed by	Steven Zaillian
Genre	Psychological thriller
Executive producer(s)	Steven Zaillian, Garrett Basch, Clayton Townsend, Guymon Casady, Ben Forkner, Sharon Levy, and Philipp Keel
Stars	Andrew Scott, Johnny Flynn, and Dakota Fanning
Language	English
Release date	April 4, 2024 (United States)

Ripley Netflix cast

The star cast of Ripley includes Andrew Scott, Johnny Flynn, and Dakota Fanning. Tom Ripley (Andrew Scott) is a con man in the streets of New York. Johnny Flynn (Dickie Greenleaf) plays a vagabond and slacker son of an NY-based industrialist. Dakota Fanning (Marge Sherwood) is Dickie’s girlfriend. Eliot Sumner (Freddie Miles) is Dickie’s childhood friend who visits him in Italy.

Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley

Johnny Flynn as Dickie Greenleaf

Dakota Fanning as Marge Sherwood

Eliot Sumner as Freddie Miles

Maurizio Lombardi as Inspector Pietro Ravini

Margherita Buy

John Malkovich

Ripley Netflix synopsis

Based on Patricia Highsmith’s bestselling Tom Ripley novels, the plot of the TV series Ripley highlights a con man Tom Ripley, played by Andrew Scott, as both the protagonist and antagonist of the story. Tom was hired by a wealthy industrialist to convince and bring his son Johnny Flynn (Dickie Greenleaf) from Italy. Tom accepts the job and steps into an intricate life of fraud, deceit, and murder. Dakota Fanning as Marge Sherwood plays the role of Dickie’s girlfriend, who suspects Tom’s darker motives.