After almost 30 novels, Kay Scarpetta is about to leap proper off the pages of Patricia Cornwell’s books and onto the small display. Prime Video has formally greenlit a TV sequence primarily based on the well-known fictional chief medical expert, they usually’ve ordered not one however two seasons to start out.
Buzz surrounding a Scarpetta sequence first spiked in 2023 when Deadline started reporting that Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis had been concerned with pursuing the mission. Nonetheless, it wasn’t till this September that the rumors grew to become actuality, with Kidman, Curtis, and several other different leads introduced within the course of.
In case you’re a longtime Scarpetta fan like me (shoutout to my mother for making the introduction), preserve studying to search out out every thing we all know to this point about this growing book-to-series adaptation.
Who’s Kay Scarpetta?
Cornwell first launched Scarpetta to followers again in 1990 with the discharge of her thriller Postmortem. In it, followers discovered that Scarpetta lived in Richmond and served as chief medical expert for the Commonwealth of Virginia. The petite blonde is a whip-smart workaholic with perfectionist tendencies and a love for cooking (particularly dishes rooted in her Italian descent).
Cornwell has attributed her inspiration for the character to now-retired real-life Virginia Chief Medical Examiner Marcella Farinelli Fierro, MD.
What is going to the Scarpetta TV sequence be about?
As Cornwell followers properly bear in mind, Scarpetta resigned as chief medical expert after the occasions of 2000’s The Final Precinct. She labored as a personal forensic marketing consultant for a time earlier than turning into the pinnacle of the Nationwide Forensic Academy in Hollywood, Florida (which was based by her niece, Lucy). Scarpetta additionally spends time in each Charleston and Massachusetts.
However in response to the present’s logline, the sequence will observe Scarpetta as she returns to Virginia and her former place as chief medical expert. The thriller thriller will deal with her “advanced relationships, each private {and professional} — together with her sister Dorothy — with loads of grudges and secrets and techniques to uncover.”
Who’ll play Scarpetta?
You would possibly say the solid for the sequence is stacking as much as be fairly star-studded. Taking the lead position will probably be Nicole Kidman, apparently a longtime fan of the Cornwell character. “I’ve been pursuing Scarpetta for almost 20 years going again to when it was meant to be a function, so to unite with the formidable Jamie Lee Curtis, Prime Video, Jason Blum, and David Gordon Inexperienced on the Liz Sarnoff sequence model of Patricia Cornwell’s epic and thrilling books feels prefer it was meant to be,” Kidman mentioned in a press launch. “I can’t wait to inhabit Kay Scarpetta and am so grateful to Patricia Cornwell for entrusting me together with her.”
Govt producing and starring alongside Kidman would be the aforementioned Jamie Lee Curtis, who’s excited to step into the sneakers of Scarpetta’s sister, Dorothy. “I do know the ardent followers of the books will probably be very completely happy, and the brand new viewers will probably be compelled by the characters, crimes, and mysteries which are the trifecta of Patricia’s masterful storytelling,” Curtis mentioned, including, “and a warning…….. there WILL be BLOOD.”
5 different sequence regulars have already been introduced as properly: Ariana DeBose (West Facet Story) will play Scarpetta’s niece Lucy; Bobby Cannavale (The Watcher) will play former detective Pete Marino; Simon Baker (The Mentalist) will play FBI profiler and Scarpetta love curiosity Benton Wesley; Rosy McEwen (Blue Jean) will play a youthful Scarpetta; and Bobby Cannavale’s real-life son Jake (The Provide) will play a youthful Pete Marino.
Does the Scarpetta sequence have a launch date but?
Now that the sequence has formally been ordered, we’ve entered the “hurry up and wait” section. Though it’s nonetheless too early for a launch date, it appears as if everybody concerned within the manufacturing has been ready simply so long as followers for this to return to fruition. *Hopefully* which means it’ll drop someday early in 2025.
