On Monday, dropped for its limited psychological thriller series Ripley - starring as the titular con-man - which premieres on April 4.

Oscar-winning screenwriter Steven Zaillian's (Schindler's List) wrote and directed all eight episodes of the small-screen adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley.

At 47, the Irishman is far too old to play the young ambitious grifter who's hired by a wealthy man to travel to to try to convince his vagabond son to return home.

So they aged up all the characters, including 40-year-old Johnny Flynn as the spoiled playboy Dickie Greenleaf and 29-year-old

as his suspicious girlfriend Marge Sherwood.

Zaillian opted for a stark black-and-white, film noir style for Ripley rather than the bronzed colorful cinematography of Anthony Minghella's 1999 adaptation starring , , and .

On Monday, Netflix dropped the first teaser for its limited psychological thriller series Ripley - starring Emmy nominee Andrew Scott as the titular con-man - which premieres on April 4

The Ripley teaser features one ominous glimpse of a single man standing in a motorboat in the middle of the sea.

It's a sign to come of the climactic showdown between Tom Ripley and Dickie Greenleaf aboard a tiny motorboat, which has a grisly ending.

'You're a very hard man to find,' a detective tells Tom in the preview.

'No address. Phone, office.'

The Ripley ensemble also features Elliot Sumner, Maurizio Lombardi, Margherita Buy, and John Malkovich who's heard saying: 'I like the name.'

The 70-year-old Emmy winner famously portrayed Tom Ripley in Liliana Cavani's 2002 thriller Ripley's Game, which was based on Patricia Highsmith's 1974 novel.

'It was a heavy part to play. I found it mentally and physically really hard.

That's just the truth of it,' Andrew - who also executive produced Ripley - admitted to last month.

'I feel like you're required to love and advocate for your characters, and your job is to go, "Why? What's that?" You don't play the opinions, the previous attitudes that people might have about Tom Ripley. You have to throw all those out, try not to listen to them, and go, "Okay, well, I have to have the courage to create our own version and my own understanding of the character."'

Ripley arrives five months after Emerald Fennell released her so-called 'original' film Saltburn - which borrowed much of the tone, character dynamics, and plot from The Talented Mr.

Ripley.

Oscar-winning screenwriter Steven Zaillian's (Schindler's List) wrote and directed all eight episodes of the small-screen adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's 1955 crime novel The Talented Mr. Ripley

At 47, the Irishman is far too old to play the young ambitious grifter who's hired by a wealthy man to travel to Italy to try to convince his vagabond son to return home

So they aged up all the characters, including 40-year-old Johnny Flynn (L) as the spoiled playboy Dickie Greenleaf and 29-year-old Dakota Fanning (R) as his suspicious girlfriend Marge Sherwood

Zaillian opted for a stark black-and-white, film noir style for Ripley rather than the bronzed colorful cinematography of Anthony Minghella's critically-acclaimed 1999 adaptation starring (from L-R) Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Jude Law

The Ripley teaser features one ominous glimpse of a single man standing in a motorboat in the middle of the sea

It's a sign to come of the climactic showdown between Tom Ripley and Dickie Greenleaf aboard a tiny motorboat, which has a grisly ending

A detective tells Tom in the preview: 'You're a very hard man to find.

No address. Phone, office'

The Ripley ensemble also features Elliot Sumner, Maurizio Lombardi, Margherita Buy, and John Malkovich (R) who's heard saying: 'I like the name'

The 70-year-old Emmy winner famously portrayed Tom Ripley in Liliana Cavani's 2002 thriller Ripley's Game, which was based on Patricia Highsmith's 1974 novel

Andrew - who also executive produced Ripley - admitted to Vanity Fair last month: 'It was a heavy part to play. I found it mentally and physically really hard. That's just the truth of it'

Scott continued: 'I feel like you're required to love and advocate for your characters, and your job is to go, "Why? What's that?" You don't play the opinions, the previous attitudes that people might have about Tom Ripley. You have to throw all those out, try not to listen to them, and go, "Okay, well, I have to have the courage to create our own version and my own understanding of the character"'

Ripley arrives five months after Emerald Fennell released her so-called 'original' film Saltburn - which borrowed much of the tone, character dynamics, and plot from The Talented Mr. Ripley