Archive · 30 Aug 2026
Helen Mirren Plays Patricia Highsmith in Murder Thriller Trailer
A Talent For Murder is a new psychological thriller about writer Patricia Highsmith.
Helen Mirren plays Highsmith in the film.
Highsmith lives quietly in Switzerland when a young publisher visits her.
He asks her to write another story about Tom Ripley.
Highsmith soon thinks the visitor may be hiding something.
The events he describes begin to resemble a real murder plan.
The film uses mysterious clues, including a missing predecessor and a knife.
Anton Corbijn directed the movie, which also stars Alden Ehrenreich and Olivia Cooke.
Helen Mirren stars as novelist Patricia Highsmith in A Talent For Murder.
The story begins when a junior publisher arrives in Highsmith’s Swiss retirement retreat.
He wants Highsmith to write another adventure featuring her character Tom Ripley.
Highsmith suspects the timid visitor is hiding motives as fictional events mirror his plans.
Anton Corbijn directs the film, with Alden Ehrenreich and Olivia Cooke also starring.
- Who
- Helen Mirren plays novelist Patricia Highsmith; Alden Ehrenreich plays a junior publisher, and Olivia Cooke also stars.
- What
- A trailer has been released for A Talent For Murder, a psychological thriller about Highsmith and a suspicious visitor.
- Where
- Highsmith’s retirement retreat in Switzerland.
- Why
- The junior publisher visits Highsmith to persuade her to write another Tom Ripley adventure.
- Film
- A Talent For Murder
- Lead actor
- Helen Mirren as Patricia Highsmith
- Genre
- Psychological thriller
- Director
- Anton Corbijn
- Additional cast
- Alden Ehrenreich and Olivia Cooke
- Source material
- Joanna Murray-Smith’s fictionalised theatrical game of cat-and-mouse
- Central character
- Tom Ripley, the protagonist of The Talented Mr Ripley