It is extraordinarily troublesome to image anybody within the position of Jessica Fletcher aside from Angela Lansbury. The unique “Homicide, She Wrote” TV sequence lasted a gangbusters 264 episodes over the course of 12 seasons, working from 1984 all through 1996. Lansbury acquired 12 Emmy nominations for the sequence, and it was a daily staple in lots of American households. “Homicide, She Wrote” is likely to be described as a comfortable thriller, following a candy however decided thriller writer, Fletcher, who solved murders within the small city of Cabot Cove, Maine, and later expanded to different cities.
There have been a number of efforts to reboot “Homicide, She Wrote” through the years. In 2013, it was reported that Octavia Spencer was on the docket for enjoying the lead in a brand new sequence. Spencer’s character could be a hospital administrator who self-publishes thriller novels on the aspect and will get concerned in newbie sleuthing alongside the way in which. The unique plan was for Spencer to be named Jessica Fletcher, however after some objections from Lansbury herself, they determined to vary the character’s identify. Sadly, that model ultimately fell aside.
Again in 2023, /Movie reported that “Dumb Cash” writers Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo had been adapting “Homicide, She Wrote” as a function movie. The brand new film was to happen in Cabot Cove and have Jessica Fletcher because the lead character. The plan was to make Jessica a extra complicated, nuanced character this time. No actors had been introduced. Till now.
Based on a brand new report from Selection, the brand new “Homicide, She Wrote” film will star Jamie Lee Curtis as Jessica. That is excellent casting, and the movie is at present eyeballing a December 2027 launch.
Jamie Lee Curtis will star as Jessica Fletcher within the Homicide, She Wrote film
The brand new “Homicide, She Wrote” film will likely be produced by Amy Pascal, Phil Lord, and Christopher Miller, whose sci-fi flick “Mission Hail Mary” is at present burning up the field workplace. The presence of Lord and Miller would possibly lead one to imagine that the brand new “Homicide, She Wrote” will likely be a slapstick spoof of some sort, seeing as in addition they oversaw “21 Bounce Avenue,” one other Eighties TV artifact being rebooted on the large display screen, however little is definitely recognized about “Homicide, She Wrote,” and its tone is just a matter of hypothesis at this level. It may very well be a severe homicide thriller, or a slapstick farce.
Regardless, Jamie Lee Curtis could be excellent casting for both. As confirmed by the hit household movie “Freakier Friday,” Curtis, 67, continues to be wholly able to committing excellent pratfalls and giving broad, comedian performances. She was additionally lately in James L. Brooks’ dramedy “Ella McCay” in addition to the latest “Halloween” motion pictures, so she’s additionally nonetheless fairly able to delivering humane and intense performances as effectively. One can simply image her as a resolute, extra outspoken model of Jessica Fletcher.
“Homicide, She Wrote” is slated to be launched on December 22, 2027, which will likely be a busy film season. The week prior, Marvel intends to launch its superhero epic (and bathroom-scene-free) “Avengers: Secret Wars,” and Warner Bros. will launch its fantasy image “The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum” that very same day. In fact, screenwriters Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo aren’t scared, having already mentioned they hope that “Homicide, She Wrote” will encourage a mismatched double-feature phenomenon alongside the traces of Barbenheimer. “Homicide, She Wars,” maybe? Or “Gollum, She Wrote?”
