Hunter Parrish Joins Nicole Kidman Amazon Mystery Show ‘Scarpetta’
Hunter Parrish has joined Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis in “Scarpetta,” an upcoming mystery thriller series from Blumhouse Television that has already been greenlit by Amazon Prime Video for two seasons.
The “Weeds” alum joins an ensemble that also includes Ariana DeBose, Bobby Cannavale, Simon Baker, Rosy McEwen and Jake Cannavale.
The series, an adaptation of Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta novels, comes from Blumhouse and Amazon MGM Studios. Liz Sarnoff (“Alcatraz,” “Deadwood,” “Lost”) will serve as writer, executive producer and showrunner.
According to the logline, the show “follows Kay Scarpetta (Kidman), the chief medical examiner, as she returns to Virginia and resumes her former position with complex relationships both personal and professional – including her sister Dorothy (Curtis), with many grudges and secrets to to discover.”
Parrish will return as the younger version of Benton Wesley, probably in flashbacks. Benton is an FBI profiler who begins a romance with Kay in the books.
For eight seasons, Parrish played Mary Louise Parker’s son Silas Botwin on Showtime’s Weeds. Before that, he got his start playing Jesus in the Broadway revival of “Godspell.” He recently starred in Aaron Sorkin’s plays “Gun and Powder” and “To Kill a Mockingbird” on Broadway, and took on the male lead role in Hulu’s “The Other Black Girl.” He is also known for playing Julianne Moore and Alec Baldwin’s son in the Oscar-winning film ‘Still Alice’. Parrish’s other credits include ‘It’s Complicated’, ’17 Again’, ‘Gone’ and ‘Paperman’.
“Scarpetta” is executive produced by Kidman for Blossom Films and Curtis for Comet Pictures. Cornwell is also an executive producer for P&S Projects alongside Jason Blum, Jeremy Gold, Chris Dickie and Chris McCumber for Blumhouse Television and Per Saari for Blossom Films. David Gordon Green and Amy Sayres also serve as executive producers.
Parrish is repped by Framework Entertainment, United Talent Agency and Schreck Rose Dapello Adams.
