Jamie Lee Curtis higher bust out the doilies and contempo informal trench coats – it appears she’s headed to “Homicide, She Wrote.”
Selection has confirmed that Oscar winner Curtis is in early talks to play the long-lasting Jessica Fletcher, a criminal offense author turned crack detective on the heart of the long-running TV collection starring Angela Lansbury.
Common Photos is placing collectively an untitled characteristic movie undertaking collectively round Fletcher, by way of producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller and Amy Pascal (all have general offers on the Donna Langley-run studio lot).
Early ideas across the character and any premise is at the moment unknown. The script is from Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo (who penned “Dumb Cash,” the GameStop inventory scandal story which turned a characteristic at Sony underneath Craig Gillespie).
Representatives for Curtis and Common had no instant touch upon the matter.
Common Tv produced “Homicide, She Wrote” which ran for 12 seasons beginning in 1984. Lansbury turned a family title due to her portrayal of an uncommon gumshoe, usually in perilous conditions however all the time well mannered and clutching a smart purse. The collection peaked at a reported 40 million viewers per week, and nonetheless averaged round 25 million per episode by means of the tip of its run.
It’s been two years since Curtis nabbed the Academy Award for finest supporting actress for her memorable efficiency in “All the things All over the place All at As soon as.” She’s at the moment on the awards circuit for “The Final Showgirl,” Gia Coppola’s ode to the light glamour women of the Las Vegas strip. She’ll subsequent seem in James L. Brooks’ “Ella McKay.”
Deadline first reported the information of the Curtis talks.
