Scarpetta Exclusive Teaser Art Featuring Nicole Kidman Revealed

Fans of mysteries, transgression fiction, and Nicole Kidman person been eagerly awaiting immoderate glimpses of the forthcoming Prime Video bid Scarpetta, based connected the best-selling novels by Patricia Cornwell. Well, hold nary longer.

IGN tin exclusively uncover the precise archetypal teaser creation from the upcoming show.

Scarpetta is adapted from Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta publication bid and stars Nicole Kidman, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ariana DeBose, Bobby Cannavale, and Simon Baker.

Prime Video says:

This mystery/thriller play is acceptable successful 2 timelines, existent time and the precocious ‘90s, allowing each play to tackle 2 of Cornwell’s books simultaneously. The assemblage gets to spot the beginnings of Kay Scarpetta (Nicole Kidman) arsenic a Chief Medical Examiner and wherever she is present arsenic she returns to her hometown and picks up her aged presumption with analyzable relationships – including her sister (Jamie Lee Curtis) – idiosyncratic and nonrecreational grudges and secrets to uncover.

Rosy McEwan, who plays a younger mentation of Kidman's quality (and is besides seen successful the poster above), told IGN that she felt a "big responsibility" successful taking connected the role.

"Kay is simply a beloved character," McEwan says, "and I wanted to marque definite I did her communicative justice. As we had 2 storylines going connected astatine once, it made for a chaotic ride! I anticipation it makes for a afloat immersion into her narrative. A full satellite has been created, archetypal by Patrica and past by (showrunner) Liz (Sarnoff). There is execution - yes, and detective enactment - yes. But these are besides existent radical with existent lives and there’s play that lives wrong that too! I anticipation it volition consciousness similar a existent penetration into each the parts of moving arsenic a pathologist and beyond."

For her part, Sarnoff says that her collaboration with Kidman and McEwan was a "joy."

"Nicole and Rosy are 2 of the deepest astir dedicated artists I’ve ever worked with," Sarnoff says. "They made each infinitesimal of Scarpetta’s interior beingness - the moments that defined, destroyed, and yet delivered her - perfectly riveting. I’m astir excited for radical to spot these performances and acquisition the affectional interior beingness of truthful galore large pistillate characters successful 2 pivotal points successful their lives: the commencement of their storied careers and what it feels similar to effort and bash amended 25 years later."

Scarpetta premieres March 11 connected Prime Video. The series is enforcement produced by Nicole Kidman and Per Saari done Blossom Films, Jamie Lee Curtis done Comet Pictures, writer and showrunner Liz Sarnoff done Sarnoff TV, writer Patricia Cornwell done P & S Projects, arsenic good arsenic Jason Blum, Jeremy Gold, Chris Dickie, and Chris McCumber done Blumhouse Television. David Gordon Green directed 5 episodes and besides serves arsenic enforcement shaper alongside Amy Sayres. The bid is produced by Amazon MGM Studios and Blumhouse Television successful relation with Blossom Films, Comet Pictures, and P&S Projects.

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