NBC/Kevork Djansezian Amazon’s Prime Video platform has signed Jamie Lee Curtis and Nicole Kidman to two seasons of an adaptation of bestselling crime novelist Patricia Cornwell‘s beloved Kay Scarpetta book series.

Oscar and Emmy-winning stars Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis are expanding their respective TV empires. Mega producer Kidman, who recently led Netflix's "The Perfect Couple" and will return to Hulu's "Nine Perfect Strangers" for Season 2,

Amazon Prime Video has officially ordered a series adaptation of Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta novels with Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis set for the lead roles. It was reported in February 2023 that the series,

Prime Video has ordered two seasons of Scarpetta, an adaptation of Patricia Cornwell’s book series of the same name, with Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies, Expats) and Jamie Lee Curtis (The Bear, Everything Everywhere All at Once) attached to star.

Oscar winners Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis will star in Prime Video’s Scarpetta, based on Patricia Cornwell’s bestselling novels.

Bobby Cannavale, Simon Baker, Ariana DeBose, Rosy McEwen and Jake Cannavale star in the show, which was greenlit for two seasons

In addition to Kidman and Curtis, the show has lined up an A-list cast that includes Bobby Cannavale, Simon Baker, Ariana DeBose, Rosy McEwen and Jake Cannavale.

Nicole Kidman has landed the lead in Scarpetta, but the character would have been better served coming to life without such a familiar face.