First Trailer for Corbijn’s Thriller ‘A Talent for Murder’ w/ Helen Mirren
by Alex Billington
August 28, 2026
Source: YouTube
“I’ll give you one night… to show me if you can inhabit the mind of a killer.” Bleecker Street has revealed the first official trailer for the film titled A Talent for Murder, the latest feature directed by photographer / filmmaker Anton Corbijn. It’s his first brand enw narrative feature since making Life way back in 2015, and his latest since the doc Squaring the Circle: The Story of Hipgnosis back in 2023. Though he has been making more music videos recently as well. This smoldering chamber thriller from director Anton Corbijn stars Oscar winner Helen Mirren + Alden Ehrenreich as opponents in a strange confrontation between a youthful literary agent and The Talented Mr. Ripley author Patricia Highsmith. A young man travels from New York to Switzerland to try to persuade acclaimed thriller writer Patricia Highsmith to write one final installment of her Tom Ripley series, with his efforts gradually turning more sinister. Along with Mirren & Ehrenreich, this also stars Olivia Cooke & Juliet Stevenson. Premiering at TIFF this fall then in theaters starting in October. This looks quite sneaky & tricky! But it also looks like an easy direct-to-streaming film.
Here’s the official trailer (+ poster) for Anton Corbijn’s film A Talent for Murder, direct from YouTube:
The film follows a mysterious young man from a New York publisher (Alden Ehrenreich) who is sent to Switzerland to persuade the renowned writer Patricia Highsmith (co-starring Helen Mirren) to write one final installment of the Tom Ripley anthology. His efforts gradually start becoming more & more sinister. A Talent for Murder is directed by renowned Dutch photographer / filmmaker Anton Corbijn, director of the documentaries U2: The Joshua Tree Tour, Spirits in the Forest, and Squaring the Circle: The Story of Hipgnosis, and also the feature films Control, The American, A Most Wanted Man, and Life previously, plus tons of music videos and short films previously. The screenplay is written by Joanna Murray-Smith, adapted from her own story Switzerland. Produced by Carolyn Marks Blackwood, Mickey Liddell, Troy Lum, Kurt Martin, Andrea Occhipinti, Jim Robison, Pete Shilaimon, Karl Spoerri, and Gabrielle Tana. This is initially premiering at the 2026 Toronto Film Festival this fall. Bleecker Street then debuts Corbijn’s A Talent for Murder in select US theaters starting October 23rd, 2026 this fall. Does that look any good? Intrigued?
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