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Diane Haithman | June 3, 2021 @ 10:15 AM
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Jamie Lee Curtis’ production company Comet Pictures and Blumhouse Television have secured the rights to Patricia Cornwell’s “Kay Scarpetta” crime thrillers, the companies announced on Thursday. Blumhouse, primarily known for horror films, has an overall deal with Comet Pictures.
The companies are developing an ongoing, one-hour scripted series around Dr. Kay Scarpetta, the forensic psychologist at the center of Cornwell’s book series, launched in 1990. The Scarpetta character was inspired by former Virginia Chief Medical Examiner Marcella Farinelli Fierro, MD.
A source with knowledge of the production confirmed that casting and the selection of a showrunner are in the works.