Overview
- Universal has hired Pitch Perfect filmmaker Jason Moore to helm the feature adaptation of the classic TV mystery.
- Jamie Lee Curtis remains attached to portray Jessica Fletcher in a contemporary take that she has said will not imitate Angela Lansbury.
- Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo wrote the screenplay for the studio-backed project.
- Amy Pascal produces alongside Phil Lord, Chris Miller and Aditya Sood under Lord Miller’s first-look deal with Universal.
- Universal executives Lexi Barta and Jacqueline Garell are overseeing development, and no production start or release date has been announced; the original series was produced by Universal Television.