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(from Amazon's press release, September 2024) Today, Prime Video announced that it has ordered two seasons of author Patricia Cornwell's global best-selling Scarpetta from Blumhouse Television starring Oscar and Emmy-winning actress Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies, Expats) and Oscar and Emmy-winning actress Jamie Lee Curtis (The Bear, Everything Everywhere All At Once). Curtis and Emmy winning producer Kidman will also executive produce. Emmy-nominated Liz Sarnoff (Barry, Lost, Deadwood) will write, executive produce, and showrun. David Gordon Green (Halloween, Stronger) is set to direct the first two episodes. The series will premiere exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. The mystery thriller, based on the hit book series, follows Kay Scarpetta (Kidman), the Chief Medical Examiner, as she returns to Virginia and resumes her former position with complex relationships, both personal and professional - including her sister Dorothy (Curtis), with plenty of grudges and secrets to uncover. |
