{"id":630022,"date":"2026-06-09T22:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T22:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/630022\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T22:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T22:26:08","slug":"olivia-cooke-alden-ehrenreich-pic-a-talent-for-murder-acquired-by-bleecker-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/630022\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivia Cooke, Alden Ehrenreich Pic &#8216;A Talent For Murder&#8217; Acquired By Bleecker Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/bleecker-street\/\" id=\"auto-tag_bleecker-street\" data-tag=\"bleecker-street\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bleecker Street<\/a> has partnered with LD Entertainment for U.S. rights to Anton Corbijn\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/a-talent-for-murder\/\" id=\"auto-tag_a-talent-for-murder\" data-tag=\"a-talent-for-murder\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A Talent For Murder<\/a>, starring Oscar winner <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/helen-mirren\/\" id=\"auto-tag_helen-mirren\" data-tag=\"helen-mirren\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Helen Mirren<\/a>, Tony winner <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/alden-ehrenreich\/\" id=\"auto-tag_alden-ehrenreich\" data-tag=\"alden-ehrenreich\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alden Ehrenreich<\/a> and House of the Dragon\u2018s <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/olivia-cooke\/\" id=\"auto-tag_olivia-cooke\" data-tag=\"olivia-cooke\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Olivia Cooke<\/a>. A theatrical release is in the works for the fall. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tDirected by Corbijn and based on the 2014 play Switzerland by prolific Australian playwright, screenwriter, and novelist Joanna Murray-Smith, who adapted it for the screen, the pic follows a callow young literary agent from New York (Ehrenreich) who is sent to Switzerland to persuade Patricia Highsmith (Mirren) to write one final installment of the Ripley anthology.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tMagnolia Mae\u2019s Gabrielle Tana and LD Entertainment\u2019s Mickey Liddell and Pete Shilaimon serve as producers on the film. Also producing are Brouhaha\u2019s Troy Lum and Andrew Mason; Jim Robison and Kurt Martin for Lunar Pictures; Carolyn Marks Blackwood for Magnolia Mae Films; Karl Spoerri at Switzerland\u2019s Zurich Avenue; and Andrea Occhipinti for Italy\u2019s Lucky Red. The movie was financed by Head Gear Films, Metrol Technology, and LD Entertainment. FilmNation Entertainment is handling international sales.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cWe are thrilled to be reuniting once again with LD, as well as the great Helen Mirren, to release Corbijn\u2019s captivating ode to not only Highsmith\u2019s lively spirit, but her riveting work itself,\u201d said Kent Sanderson, CEO of Bleecker Street.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cA Talent For Murder is exactly the kind of project we love making at LD. Anton Corbijn brings a fresh take to Patricia Highsmith\u2019s world, and Helen Mirren, Alden Ehrenreich, and Olivia Cooke deliver incredible performances. We\u2019re proud to continue our longtime partnership with Bleecker Street and excited to bring the film to audiences nationwide this fall,\u201d said LD Entertainment\u2019s Mickey Liddell and Pete Shilaimon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe deal was negotiated by Avy Eschenasy for Bleecker Street, with LD\u2019s Michael Glassman and CAA Media Finance on behalf of the filmmakers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bleecker Street has partnered with LD Entertainment for U.S. rights to Anton Corbijn\u2019s A Talent For Murder, starring&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":630023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[213459,38243,62117,6491,96,15573,59435,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-630022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-a-talent-for-murder","tag-alden-ehrenreich","tag-bleecker-street","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-helen-mirren","tag-olivia-cooke","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}