Overview

• Jamie Lee Curtis confirmed in an Entertainment Tonight interview that she will play mystery writer Jessica Fletcher in the upcoming film adaptation of Murder, She Wrote.
• The project is moving forward as a feature film under Universal Pictures with a screenplay by Lauren Schuker Blum alongside Rebecca Angelo.
• Phil Lord, Chris Miller and Amy Pascal are attached as producers, marking a high-profile creative team behind the reboot.
• The original series starred Angela Lansbury for twelve seasons from 1984 to 1996 and inspired four subsequent television films.
• A previous remake effort in 2013 featuring Octavia Spencer was abandoned after Angela Lansbury publicly opposed the project.