Murder, she postponed.
“Murder, She Wrote,” a Jamie Lee Curtis-led reboot of the beloved crime drama, has been delayed a few months. Universal Pictures has pushed the film’s release date from Dec. 22, 2027 to Feb. 4, 2028.
“Murder, She Wrote” will now have distance from three big sequels, Disney’s superhero adventure “Avengers: Secret Wars,” the Warner Bros. fantasy epic “The Lord of the Rings: Hunt for Gollum,” and Lionsgate’s thriller “The Housemaid’s Secret” — all of which are set to open on Dec. 17, the weekend before “Murder’s” original spot on the calendar. Universal didn’t give a reason for the move.
Curtis is starring in “Murder, She wrote” as the iconic crime writer and amateur sleuth known as Jessica Fletcher, who was memorably portrayed by Angela Lansbury in the original TV series. Plot details for the upcoming movie haven’t been revealed, but the show — which ran for 12 seasons from 1984 to 1996 — centered around Fletcher’s knack for solving murders in the fictional, quaint town of Cabot Cove, Maine.
“Pitch Perfect” filmmaker Jason Moore is directing the “Murder, She Wrote” reboot from a screenplay by “Dumb Money” writers Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo. Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, whose latest film “Project Hail Mary” became a box office hit with $577 million globally and counting, will produce the film through their first‑look deal with Universal Pictures.
Before she breaks out her trusty typewriter, tailored coat and sensible handbag as Jessica Fletcher, Curtis appear on screen in two 2026 indies: the psychological mind-bender “Sender” and crime thriller “The Only Living Pickpocket in New York.”
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