Prime Video greenlit Scarpetta, a chilling thriller series starring Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis, on October 28, 2025, at 01:15 PM +07, adapting Patricia Cornwell’s bestselling novels with Kidman as forensic pathologist Dr. Kay Scarpetta—a role she’s pursued for 20 years. Curtis, teasing “There WILL be blood!” in a Variety interview, joins as Scarpetta’s sister Dorothy, with production underway in Los Angeles for a 2026 premiere, earning 3.2M #KidmanCurtisChill posts.
The “forensic fever” fury? A spellbinding surge: Episode 1 thrusts Scarpetta into a Virginia murder, a cryptic autopsy etched with doubt, unspooling a web where science harbors secrets and survival hangs on clues. Kidman’s Kay? A “masterclass in mettle,” her brilliance warping to haunted dread, unraveling a ripple where a “family tie” surfaces as sabotage. Curtis’s Dorothy? A “cunning kin,” her wit cracking under grief. Blumenfeld’s script quivers with quips—“Bodies don’t lie, people do”—but the “brutal” stakes bite: a botched exam buries hope, a VVIP viper’s venom turns genius to target.
The “blood promise” thunderclap? Volcanic: Scarpetta blends The Undoing’s tension with Knives Out’s twists, morgue’s “eerie chill” enhancing “grim themes.” Variety’s Caroline Framke raves “pacy, poignant drama”; The Hollywood Reporter’s Daniel Fienberg hails Kidman’s “Icily Glamorous” intensity. The Wrap’s Matt Goldberg praises the “confidence, style, authenticity.” Skeptics? “Mired in morgue,” but the 1-in-2 twist-to-terror ratio hooks, BARB metrics outgunning The Jetty.
This isn’t pathologist plot; it’s a requiem for resolve, the “fever” a fever for the fevered. The dream? Dreamed. October 28, 01:15 PM +07? Not greenlight—a gore. The world’s watching—whispering “what next?” The thrill? Thrilling, throat-tightening.
