Overview
- Universal’s feature, announced Wednesday, will open in theaters on December 22, 2027.
- Jamie Lee Curtis will play Jessica Fletcher, taking over the iconic sleuth role first made famous by Angela Lansbury on the long‑running CBS series.
- Jason Moore directs from a script by Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo, with a later draft reported from Oren Uziel, and producing comes from Amy Pascal with Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Aditya Sood through Lord Miller’s deal at Universal.
- Story details remain under wraps, and the film adapts the 1984–1996 television series created by Peter S. Fischer, Richard Levinson, and William Link.
- The holiday slot places the release against franchise heavyweights like Avengers: Secret Wars and The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, with Sony’s Buds dated the same day, a crowded lineup that outlets say could prompt calendar shifts and may position this title as counterprogramming for older audiences.