Ruth Wilson (The Affair) and Andrew Scott (Fleabag) are set to star in the HBO original movie Oslo, which boasts Steven Spielberg as an executive producer. Bartlett Sher will direct from a script by fellow Tony Award winner J.T. Rogers, who also wrote the acclaimed stage play of the same name. The film is based on a true story about the negotiations between implacable enemies -- the secret back-channel talks, unlikely friendships and quiet heroics of a small but committed group of Israelis, Palestinians and one Norwegian couple that led to the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords. Wilson will star …
Andrew Scott, known for his breakout role in Fleabag will be playing the lead character in Showtime’s adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley.
After playing the Hot Priest on newly-crowned Emmy winner Fleabag, Irish actor Andrew Scott is set to star in a new Talented Mr. Ripley TV series from Oscar winner Steve Zaillian and Showtime, Collider has learned. Showtime has ordered the first eight-episode season of the ongoing drama series Ripley, based on Patricia Highsmith’s bestselling quintet of Tom Ripley novels. BAFTA Award winner Scott, who also played Moriarty on Sherlock, will star in the title role. Zaillian will write and direct the entire first season as well as executive produce alongside Garrett Basch, Guymon Casady, Ben Forkner, Sharon …
Sherlock and Fleabag actor Andrew Scott has been cast in HBO's adaptation of His Dark Materials as mysterious explorer Stanislaus Grumman.