Overview

• Jamie Lee Curtis confirmed to Entertainment Tonight that she will portray sleuthing author Jessica Fletcher, a role made famous by Angela Lansbury.
• The feature film reboot adapts the CBS series that ran for 12 seasons from 1984 to 1996 and aims to update its classic mystery format.
• Screenwriters Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo have penned the script to blend the original’s intrigue with a contemporary cinematic vision.
• Producers Phil Lord, Chris Miller and Amy Pascal are leading the project through its pre-production phase at Universal Pictures.
• Curtis has said principal photography is set to begin once she wraps her existing commitments.