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Less than two weeks after it was reported a number of networks and streaming services were looking to bet their programming schedule on the talents of one Tom Ripley, it appears Showtime is in final negotiations with Oscar-winning screenwriter Steve Zaillian (The Night Of) for a straight-to-series order that would have Zaillian writing and directing[...]

Appears a number of networks and streaming services are looking to bet on the talnets of one Tom Ripley, with Deadline Hollywood reporting that Oscar-winning screenwriter Steve Zaillian is looking to write and direct a series centered on the sociopathic anti-hero from Patricia Highsmith's crime novel series The project is looking for a direct-to-series order,[...]

For Amazon's part, Cortes falls directly in line with their new programming philosophy of large-scale projects that have international appeal and can be seen as "tent pole" programming for the streaming service. "Cortes' epic discoveries shaped the world as we know it today, and through the minds of Amblin, Steven Spielberg, Steve Zaillian and Javier Bardem,[...]