A Talent for Murder

An ambitious literary agent travels from New York to Switzerland to convince acclaimed crime novelist Patricia Highsmith to write one more entry in her Tom Ripley series. While the writer uses her dark imagination to repel him, the two eventually form a partnership. As their collaboration develops, the boundary between their reality and the fictional world they create begins to blur, and the agent's motives take a sinister turn.

Upcoming as a crime drama, A Talent for Murder is directed by Anton Corbijn. It follows his previous work, including Control, The American, and Squaring the Circle. The film features a cast led by Helen Mirren as Highsmith and Alden Ehrenreich as the agent, alongside Olivia Cooke, Juliet Stevenson, James Faulkner, and Brid Brennan. The screenplay was written by Joanna Murray-Smith. This production is a multinational effort involving companies from the United States, Switzerland, Italy, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and Australia. The film has a runtime of 106 minutes and is scheduled for release on October 22, 2026.