We’re nonetheless a few weeks out from the premiere of Freakier Friday on August 8, however as Jamie Lee Curtis was celebrating the world premiere of the sequel earlier this week, she all however confirmed that considered one of TV’s most iconic characters will probably be returning. Curtis stars within the new Disney flick together with Lindsay Lohan, with each stars reprising their roles from the 2003 comedy.
Strolling the purple carpet on the Freakier Friday premiere on the El Capitan Theater in Los Angeles, Curtis was approached by Leisure Weekly and requested concerning the current rumors that she’d be portraying Jessica Fletcher in a Homicide, She Wrote reboot. Phrase broke late final 12 months {that a} movie undertaking was within the works that might see the return of the beloved Cabot Cove sleuth, who was initially portrayed by the late Angela Lansbury within the basic TV collection. All that was simply rumor and innuendo till now although, as Curtis confirmed that the undertaking is a go:
“Oh it is taking place. We’re a minute away. However very excited. Very excited. However I am tamping down my enthusiasm till we begin capturing. I’ve a pair different issues to hustle after which I am going to get to get pleasure from that work.”
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No stranger to the grind, these issues Curtis has to “hustle” aren’t solely the premiere of Freakier Friday, however the upcoming survival thriller, The Misplaced Bus. Starring Matthew McConaughey, the movie follows a bus driver who has to navigate a bus carrying youngsters and their trainer to security via the 2018 Camp Fireplace in Butte County, which turned the deadliest hearth in California historical past. Curtis serves as an govt producer on the film, which is slated to premiere at TIFF in September.
What’s ‘Homicide, She Wrote’ About?
Hitting the airwaves again in 1984 and lasting all the way in which up till 1996, Homicide, She Wrote is the basic CBS crime collection that starred Lansbury as retired English teacher-turned-writer Jessica Fletcher. Regardless of her fame as considered one of America’s most well-known authors, she stays humble and true to herself, staying within the fictional city of Cabot Cove, Maine moderately than dwelling the lavish life-style of a star.
By no means one to draw back from thriller, Fletcher inserts herself into police investigations to assist battle crime, a lot to the chagrin of the authorities most occasions, who’re greater than prepared to throw the e book on the first suspect they arrive throughout. Utilizing her sharp notion and innate skill to piece collectively random clues, Fletcher at all times comes out because the hero, main the police to the actual perpetrator.
Sadly, Curtis’ model of Homicide, She Wrote is a movie undertaking, and never a TV reboot, so do not search for Fletcher to stay round too lengthy when she does return. That being stated, if the movie is successful, who is aware of the place it could lead on? Hopefully we get a minimum of a few sequels or, fingers crossed, a TV spin-off. It would not be exceptional for the star to make an look on the small display, as she’s set to steer the upcoming Prime Video thriller collection Scarpetta alongside Nicole Kidman, which adapts writer Patricia Cornwell’s common crime novels.
We’ll have extra information on the Homicide, She Wrote reboot because it turns into out there, however within the meantime, all 12 seasons of the long-lasting thriller collection are actually out there to stream at no cost on Tubi.
Supply: Leisure Weekly