Oscar and Emmy winners Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies) and Jamie Lee Curtis (The Bear) have committed to starring in Prime Video’s Scarpetta, based on Patricia Cornwell’s bestselling novels. Both Kidman and Curtis will also be involved as executive producers. Prime Video’s banking on the series being a hit, ordering two seasons before shooting even gets underway.
Emmy nominee Liz Sarnoff (Barry) is on board to write, executive producer, and serve as showrunner. David Gordon Green (Halloween) will direct the first two episodes.
“I have wanted to bring Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta to a screen, with my company, Comet Pictures, for a while. I’m particularly excited that Nicole Kidman will finally bring her to life. I’m also looking forward to playing Nicole’s sister as we tell the story with Liz Sarnoff’s expert care, leadership, skill, and talent, and I am excited to work again with David as our director,” stated Jamie Lee Curtis. “I know the ardent fans of the books will be very happy, and the new audience will be compelled by the characters, crimes, and mysteries that are the trifecta of Patricia’s masterful storytelling. Blumhouse, Blossom, and Prime Video are the perfect partners to bring Scarpetta to you, and a warning……..there WILL be BLOOD.”
Commenting on the announcement, Nicole Kidman said, “I’ve been pursuing Scarpetta for nearly twenty years going back to when it was intended to be a feature, so to unite with the formidable Jamie Lee Curtis, Prime Video, Jason Blum, and David Gordon Green on the Liz Sarnoff series version of Patricia Cornwell’s epic and thrilling books feels like it was meant to be. I cannot wait to inhabit Kay Scarpetta and am so thankful to Patricia Cornwell for entrusting me with her.”
Additional cast includes Bobby Cannavale, Simon Baker, Ariana DeBose, Rosy McEwen, and Jake Cannavale as series regulars.
“I’m beyond excited that this is finally happening. This will be great fun for all, and I’m grateful for the immense talent that the show is drawing. I’ve always been a huge fan of Jamie Lee Curtis and Nicole Kidman. Their wanting to do this is humbling and simply awesome. Working with the brilliant Liz Sarnoff is amazing. Blumhouse and Prime Video are a dream. This has been worth waiting for, and I’m so looking forward to the show,” said Cornwell.
Cornwell will executive produce for P & S Projects along with Amy Sayres, David Gordon Green, Blossom Films’ Per Saari, and Blumhouse Television’s Jason Blum, Jeremy Gold, Chris Dickie, and Chris McCumber. The series is produced by Blumhouse Television and Amazon MGM Studios in association with Blossom Films and Comet Pictures.
“Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta has enraptured fans for decades and I am honored that Prime Video is entrusted to bring the series to screen for our global customers,” said Vernon Sanders, head of television, Amazon MGM Studios. “The most exemplary group has been assembled for the series with Liz Sarnoff at the helm with an extraordinary vision; the immensely talented Nicole Kidman, Jamie Lee Curtis, and the fantastic cast; and the top-notch team at Blumhouse.”
Prime Video offered this description of the new series:
“The mystery thriller, based on the hit book series, follows Kay Scarpetta (Kidman), the Chief Medical Examiner, as she returns to Virginia and resumes her former position with complex relationships, both personal and professional – including her sister Dorothy (Curtis), with plenty of grudges and secrets to uncover. Emmy winner Bobby Cannavale plays former detective Pete Marino; Emmy nominee Simon Baker joins as FBI profiler Benton Wesley; Oscar winner Ariana DeBose will play Lucy Farinelli-Watson, Dorothy’s daughter; BIFA winner Rosy McEwen joins as Past Kay Scarpetta, and Jake Cannavale as Past Pete Marino.”
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