Scarpetta, a new eight-part crime thriller, stars Nicole Kidman as Kay Scarpetta, a formidable forensic pathologist drawn into the hunt for a serial killer.
Created by Elizabeth Sarnoff, the series also features Jamie Lee Curtis, Ariana DeBose, Simon Baker and Bobby Cannavale.
As is often the case with serial-killer films and series released after 1995, Scarpetta will inevitably be compared (admittedly by me) to Se7en, David Fincher’s delightfully grim benchmark for the serial killer genre.
Unlike the key protagonists in Se7en, Kidman isn’t playing a detective, at least not in the traditional sense of the word, and the story appears to operate in a different lane altogether.
Ideally, I’ll forget about Se7en once the series begins. That shouldn’t be difficult, provided the storytelling is compelling enough to hold my attention. Fingers, toes and everything crossed for a good result.
Are you curious about Scarpetta?
Simon Baker, Deja Dee, Tyler Merritt, Chiketa Madu, Nahzah Blair, Stanley Aughtry, Janet Montgomery, Mount, Alejandro Barrios, Alanna Giuliani, Paul Bishop and Ashley Shelton also star.
Scarpetta Release Dates: March 11th, 2026, US & UK…
Happy Film Loving,
G
Good to see Simon Baker is in this. He was good in The Mentalist
Cast looks great (especially Kidman and Curtis), but I’m obviously getting old because lately I’m not getting as excited as I used to simply because I see too many rehashed scenes and plot twists in most of the movies and series coming out lately.
It’s not easy to make things feel original especially since there’s so many cliches and archetypes being constantly recycled since the Ancient Greece and Shakespeare to name a few.
This one could be interesting, great cast, although the trailer didn’t excite me much?