Bleecker Street releases the first trailer for Anton Corbijn’s literary thriller “A Talent for Murder,” starring Helen Mirren and Alden Ehrenreich. The film follows a young man who travels from New York to Switzerland seeking Patricia Highsmith, aiming to persuade her to write one final installment of her Tom Ripley series. As his interactions develop, the plot shifts toward a more troubling, sinister confrontation.
Corbijn is directing, in what outlets describe as a return to narrative feature filmmaking following earlier work including the 2015 film “Life,” plus recent activity outside feature fiction. Alongside Mirren and Ehrenreich, the cast includes Olivia Cooke and Juliet Stevenson. Across coverage, the trailer emphasizes a tense, psychologically driven tone and a premise built around a famous author figure and a negotiation that escalates.
Both sources also describe the release plan: the movie premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival in the fall, followed by a theatrical release in October.
