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Will Jamie Lee Curtis Star in 'Murder She Wrote' Film Adaptation?
Kilian Melloy READ TIME: 1 MIN.
Jamie Lee Curtis is reportedly the top contender to take on the movie version of the classic TV show "Murder, She Wrote."
"No deal yet," Deadline reported, "but we hear she's looking likely to play the Jessica Fletcher role popularized by Angela Lansbury in the hit series that ran 12 seasons on CBS."
Deadline reckoned that the casting news "makes a great deal of sense. Whodunits are hot, from the 'Knives Out' trilogy with Daniel Craig's Benoit Blanc, to the Hercule Poirot mysteries with Kenneth Branagh that began with 'Murder On The Orient Express.'"
"Just as hot is the career second wind of Curtis," Deadline added, "who has come so much further than a 'Halloween' scream queen would dare to dream."
The report noted that the big-screen adaptation is being written "by Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo, the duo behind the Craig Gillespie-directed drama 'Dumb Money,' about the GameStop short squeeze of 2021," while Lord Miller and Amy Pascal are serving as producers.
Kilian Melloy serves as EDGE Media Network's Associate Arts Editor and Staff Contributor. His professional memberships include the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, the Boston Online Film Critics Association, The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association, and the Boston Theater Critics Association's Elliot Norton Awards Committee.
