After nearly two decades in development, Kay Scarpetta is finally coming to the screen. Amazon Prime Video has officially handed out a two-season order for “Scarpetta,” the long-gestating big-budget series adaptation of Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta novels with Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis taking the lead roles. Also today the supporting cast has been announced and will include Oscar winner Ariana DeBose (“West Side Story”) along with TV veterans Bobby Cannavale (“The Watcher”) and Simon Baker (“Boy Swallows Universe”) as well as Rosy McEwen (“Blue Jean”) and Jake Cannavale (“The Offer”).
The books follow opera-loving workaholic coroner and forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta (Kidman) and deals with a large amount of forensic science, the work serving as an influence on modern crime procedural series. In the series, Kay returns to Virginia and resumes her former position of Chief Medical Examiner with complex relationships, both personal and professional. There’s also plenty of grudges and secrets to uncover.
Curtis plays Kay’s flighty sister Dorothy. Bobby Cannavale will play former detective Pete Marino with Jake Cannavale playing a younger version. Baker will play FBI profiler Benton Wesley, McEwen will play a young Kay, and DeBose will play Dorothy’s daughter/Kay’s niece Lucy.
The project hails from writer-showrunner Liz Sarnoff (“Barry”), Blumhouse Television and Amazon MGM Studios. Kidman, Curtis, Cornwell, Jason Blum, Per .