Prime Video has shared the official trailer for Scarpetta, its newest crime thriller drama starring Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman. The show is scheduled to start streaming on March 11, 2026.
“With skilled hands and an unnerving eye, this unrelenting medical examiner is determined to serve as the voice of the victims, unmask a serial killer, and prove that her career-making case from 28 years prior isn’t also her undoing,” reads the show’s official synopsis. “Set against the backdrop of modern forensic investigation, the series delves beyond the crime scene to explore the psychological complexities of both perpetrators and investigators, creating a multi-layered thriller that examines the toll of pursuing justice at all costs.”
Check out the Scarpetta trailer below (watch more trailers):
What happens in the Scarpetta trailer?
The video introduces Kidman as Dr. Kay Scarpetta, a chief medical examiner who returns to handling crime investigations several years after leaving the job in hopes of dealing with some of the unfinished business she left behind. It teases how her new murder mystery case connects to a previous murder case she handled from her past. The trailer highlights the show’s two alternating timelines, showing Kay’s beginnings and her present.
The video also features a first look at the chilling crime thriller’s star-studded cast, consisting of Jamie Lee Curtis as Kay’s sister Dorothy, Bobby Cannavale as former detective Pete Marino, Ariana DeBose as Dorothy’s daughter Lucy, Simon Baker as FBI profiler Benton Wesley, Sosie Bacon as reporter Abby Turnball, Janet Montgomery as Lucy’s wife Janet, Mike Vogel as attorney Bill Boltz, Anna Diop as cyber investigator Tron, Rosy McEwen as young Kay, Amanda Righetti as young Dorothy, Jake Cannavale as young Pete, and Hunter Parrish as young Benton.
Scarpetta is written and executive-produced by showrunner Liz Sarnoff, based on Patricia Cornwell’s bestselling Kay Scarpetta book series. Executive producers are Nicole Kidman and Per Saari for Blossom Films, Jamie Lee Curtis for Comet Pictures, and Cornwell for P & S Projects, along with Jason Blum, Jeremy Gold, Chris Dickie, and Chris McCumber through Blumhouse Television. David Gordon Green directed five episodes and also serves as executive producer alongside Amy Sayres. It is a production by Amazon MGM Studios, and Blumhouse Television.
