Helen Mirren is set to star as author Patricia Highsmith in ‘Switzerland’.
Helen Mirren will star as acclaimed author Patricia Highsmith in Switzerland, an upcoming thriller depicting a fictional encounter with a persistent literary agent. The film will be directed by Anton Corbijn, his first feature in eight years. Deadline reports that Mirren will take on the role of the reclusive author, best-known for her novels about amoral con artist Tom Ripley, in an adaptation of Joanna Murray-Smith's stage play of the same name.
In it, Highsmith, while living in self-imposed exile in Switzerland, meets with a literary agent who attempts to persuade her to write one last Ripley novel; she tries to scare him away, but the duo eventually find themselves in collaboration, creating a twisted world of their own.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY The famously misanthropic Highsmith was a prolific writer of psychological thrillers, which have been fertile ground for Hollywood adaptations. The Ripley novels have been adapted numerous times, most famously in 1999's The Talented Mr. Ripley, starring Matt Damon in the title role. Her other works have been adapted by Alfred Hitchcock , Todd Haynes , and Adrian Lyne .
Switzerland will be produced by Gaby Tana, Troy Lum and Andrew Mason for Brouhaha Entertainment, and Jim Robison and Kurt Martin for Lunar Pictures. Murray-Smith will adapt her play for the screen. FilmNation Entertainment will be shopping Switzerland at next week's European Film Market. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.
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