Oscar-winner Jamie Lee Curtis has confirmed that a reboot of "Murder, She Wrote" is in the works at Universal Pictures.

The Oscar winner revealed she "a minute away" from taking over the late Angela Lansbury's beloved middle-aged mystery writer and amateur sleuth role, Jessica Fletcher, in a feature adaptation of the CBS series that ran for 12 seasons from 1984 to ’96.

"Oh, it's… happening," Curtis playfully confirmed to Entertainment Tonight. "We're a minute away, but yeah, I'm very excited. Very excited. But I'm tamping down my enthusiasm until we start shooting. I have a couple of other things to hustle, but then I’ll get to enjoy that work."

This isn’t the first attempt at remaking the long-running series. Over a decade ago, a reboot was planned with Octavia Spencer, but it didn’t get off the ground. Lansbury was still around at the time and was not a fan of the idea. "I think it’s a mistake to call it 'Murder, She Wrote'," Lansbury told Variety at the time. "Because ‘Murder, She Wrote’ will always be about a Cabot Cove and this wonderful little group of people who told those lovely stories and enjoyed a piece of that place, and also enjoyed Jessica Fletcher, who is a rare and very individual kind of person… So I’m sorry that they have to use the title ‘Murder, She Wrote,’ even though they have access to it and it’s their right."

Source: Press Release