When it came to telling his version of the story, "Ripley" showrunner Steve Zaillian ... it would be in black and white," he said. "The cover of that book that I had was in black-and-white ...

who also made the interesting choice to present the series in black and white. “The edition of the Ripley book I had on my desk had an evocative black-and-white photograph on the cover,” Zaill ...

In each one, con man Tom Ripley comes dangerously close to being caught or killed. The 2024 Netflix series is based on the first book, in which the eponymous Ripley is a "grifter scraping by" in ...