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Subject: Re: [NEWS] Jamie Lee Curtis to star in "Murder, She Wrote" movie?
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 18:17:16 -0000 (UTC)
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Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
>On 12/16/24 9:50 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>
>> Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Not really a good fit for the role ... then again, the movie will be
>>> the usual awful reboot / resurrection garbage that is barely
>>> recognisable anyway.  :-(
>>>
>>> I guess we should just be thankful it isn't PC-switched to be an Asian
>>> gay man with a missing arm ... YET!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>     'Murder, She Wrote' Movie Eyes Jamie Lee Curtis
>>>     for Angela Lansbury's Iconic Role
>>>     -----------------------------------------------
>>>     Jamie Lee Curtis better bust out the doilies and contempo
>>>     casual trench coats - it seems she's headed to "Murder,
>>>     She Wrote."
>>>
>>>     Variety has confirmed that Oscar winner Curtis is in early
>>>     talks to play the iconic Jessica Fletcher, a crime writer
>>>     turned crack detective, who was at the center of the
>>>     long-running original TV series that starred Angela
>>>     Lansbury.
>>>
>>>     Universal Pictures is putting together an untitled feature
>>>     film project together around Fletcher, via producers Phil
>>>     Lord, Chris Miller and Amy Pascal (all have overall deals
>>>     on the Donna Langley-run studio lot).
>>>
>>>     Deadline first reported the news of the Curtis talks.
>>>
>>>
>>>     
>>>
><https://variety.com/2024/film/news/murder-she-wrote-movie-jamie-lee-curtis-1236250985/>
>> 
>> Even if I liked Curtis, this would be the worst casting imaginable.
>
>I really cannot disagree here. A more obvious(heh) choice would be 
>someone like Helen Mirren.

I can't think of a single instance in which she played a character
created for someone else. However, she's now doing derivative shows for
Taylor Sheridan, 1923.

Ok. She did the Russell Brand 2011 remake of Arthur. Was she that
desperate for money?