Prime Video Unveils First Scarpetta Series Images

Prime Video has unveiled the first images from "Scarpetta," its upcoming forensic crime thriller series starring Nicole Kidman as the title character, Dr. Kay Scarpetta, based on Patricia Cornwell's bestselling novels. The eight-episode first season is set to premiere exclusively on the streaming service on March 11, 2026, in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.

The series adapts Cornwell's long-running book franchise, which debuted in 1990 and has sold over 120 million copies across 29 novels. For the first time, the character of Kay Scarpetta, a chief medical examiner known for her forensic expertise, comes to the screen in a dual-timeline narrative. It follows Scarpetta from her early career in the late 1990s, when she rises as a medical examiner, to the present day, where she returns to her hometown to resume her role and investigate a grisly murder linked to a serial killer. As she pursues justice, Scarpetta confronts the psychological toll of her work, navigates strained family ties, and grapples with secrets from a career-defining case 28 years earlier that could unravel her life.

Kidman portrays the unrelenting Scarpetta, described in the series logline as...