Helen Mirren’s ‘A Talent for Murder’ Sets PVOD Release After Theatrical Run Narrows

Patricia Highsmith’s work returned to screens recently with an adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley, arguably her most famous novel. Previously made into a film starring Matt Damon and Jude Law, the new version was a limited series led by Andrew Scott. Although it ended with a hint of more to come, Netflix has not announced a second season. This year has been notably busy for Highsmith fans for unexpected reasons: the author appears as a character in two films, and one is now headed to PVOD.

That film will be followed by The Murderous Miss Highsmith, which reimagines the writer’s life as a horror movie. Shailene Woodley plays Highsmith in that project. In the recently released thriller directed by Anton Corbijn, Helen Mirren takes on the role. The story follows a young man who travels to Europe to persuade Highsmith to write another Ripley book, only for the encounter to take a sinister turn.

Alden Ehrenreich plays the fan, with Olivia Cooke in a supporting role. The movie premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival this year and opened in theaters on October 23. It did not receive a wide release, peaking at 874 theaters in its first week. After grossing roughly $1.1 million domestically so far, its theater count has fallen to 34.

When You Can Watch the Thriller at Home

The film is A Talent for Murder. It earned positive reviews and holds a Certified Fresh 78% score on Rotten Tomatoes. The site’s consensus reads: “Helen Mirren and Alden Ehrenreich make for a fittingly diabolical pair in A Talent for Murder, which playfully dispenses with the facts of Patricia Highsmith’s legacy to have some slippery fun with her renowned fiction.” It will debut on PVOD on November 17.

Also arriving that day are Christopher Nolan’s epic The Odyssey, which had a customary six-month theatrical window and grossed $1.8 billion worldwide, and the action film The Beast, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Joel Kinnaman. Mirren was recently seen in the second season of Paramount+’s MobLand, which has been renewed for a third installment. A Talent for Murder will be available to watch at home this week.

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