“Murder, She Wrote” with Jamie Lee Curtis is set for a holiday 2027 release date

Jessica Fletcher returns to the case as Murder, she wrote The film lays out its plan of attack.

Universal Pictures announced Wednesday that its landmark version of the Emmy Award-winning crime series will hit theaters on December 22, 2027. Jamie Lee Curtis stars as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher, a role originated by Angela Lansbury on the long-running CBS show.

Director Jason Moore (pitch perfect) Attached to direct the film from a screenplay by Lauren Shuker Bloom and Rebecca Angelo. The project adapts the series featuring Peter S. Fisher, Richard Levinson, and William Link as co-creators.

Amy Pascal is producing the film alongside Phil Lord, Chris Miller and Aditya Sood for Lord Miller. Murder, she wrote It has been made through Lord Miller’s first-look deal with Universal and comes as the production company celebrates its huge box office success. Hail Mary project.

Also scheduled for release on that date is Sony’s animated feature Sprouts.

Murder, she wrote It was launched in September 1984 and ran for 12 seasons. Lansbury received 12 Emmy nominations for her performance as a resident of fictional Cabot Cove, Maine, who gets busy solving murders.

In 2013, NBC gave a pilot commitment to reboot the series Murder, she wrotewith Octavia Spencer set to star. After Lansbury, who died in 2022, expressed that she did not like the idea of ​​a remake, the project did not end up moving forward.

During the premiere of her film last summer Freaky Friday” Curtis said Entertainment tonight Which she was looking forward to addressing Murder, she wrote.

“It’s happening,” the Oscar-winning actress said of the film. “I’m very excited, but I’m going to tone it down until we start filming.”

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