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‘Murder, She Wrote’ Movie Eyes Jamie Lee Curtis for Angela Lansbury’s Iconic Role
Jamie Lee Curtis is in early talks to play the lead in a "Murder, She Wrote" film adaptation, taking on the role made iconic by Angela Lansbury.
Variety has confirmed that Oscar winner Curtis is in early talks to play the iconic Jessica Fletcher, a crime writer turned crack detective at the center of the long-running TV series starring Angela Lansbury. Universal Pictures is putting together an untitled feature film project together around Fletcher, via producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller and Amy Pascal (all have overall deals on the Donna Langley-run studio lot). The script is from Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo (who penned “Dumb Money,” the GameStop stock scandal story which became a feature at Sony under Craig Gillespie).
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