Jamie Lee Curtis’ production company Comet Pictures is teaming up with Blumhouse Television to adapt a one-hour series based on bestselling author Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta character, according to Variety.
We are also grateful to Jamie Lee Curtis for connecting the Blumhouse team to Patricia, and to Patricia for trusting us with her iconic creation.”
Comet Pictures and Blumhouse have reportedly acquired the rights to Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta franchise.
Scarpetta is a forensic psychologist who has been featured in 24 of Cornwell’s novels, starting with 1990’s Postmortem.