And mark your calendars now: Scarpetta premieres March 11, 2026, streaming exclusively on Prime Video in over 240 countries and territories. This one is global. This one is huge. And from the looks of these first images… this one is going to cut deep.

Oscar winner Nicole Kidman steps into the role of Dr. Kay Scarpetta, the brilliant, relentless, cold-steel medical examiner whose scalpel-sharp mind has enthralled readers for decades. Kidman’s Scarpetta is a woman who refuses to be intimidated: whether by grisly crime scenes, the ghosts of the past, or a serial killer who’s not finished with her yet.

This adaptation leans hard into what fans love: Scarpetta’s unwavering commitment to giving victims a voice, her forensic brilliance, and the emotional weight that comes with being the last line of truth in a world built on lies. And yes, that legendary “career-making case” from nearly thirty years ago? It’s coming back with a vengeance, and Scarpetta is determined it won’t be the case that finally breaks her.

At the helm is Emmy-nominated writer and showrunner Liz Sarnoff (Barry, Lost), a storyteller who knows how to build tension, character, and dread with masterful precision. Sarnoff crafts Scarpetta as a dual-timeline psychological thriller, tracing Kay’s evolution from a rising Chief Medical Examiner in the late ’90s to her modern-day return to her hometown, and the bloody case waiting for her.

Expect a series that digs deeper than the average crime procedural. This is about trauma, identity, obsession, and the price demanded by justice. Secrets rot beneath the surface, loyalties are strained, scars are reopened, and family ties, especially the fraught relationship between Kay and her sister Dorothy, threaten to combust under pressure.

Prime Video has assembled a knockout cast to bring Cornwell’s characters to the screen:

• Nicole Kidman as Dr. Kay Scarpetta — forensic pathologist, truth-seeker, lionheart.
• Jamie Lee Curtis as Dorothy Farinelli — Kay’s complicated, sharp-edged sister with secrets of her own.
• Bobby Cannavale as Detective Pete Marino — Scarpetta’s longtime ally, confidant, and occasional thorn.
• Simon Baker as Benton Wesley — the cool, calculating FBI profiler who’s as enigmatic as he is brilliant.
• Ariana DeBose as Lucy Watson — Kay’s niece, a fearless, tech-prodigy firecracker with skills that could save lives… or destroy them.

Completing the dual-timeline structure are Rosy McEwen, Amanda Righetti, Jake Cannavale, and Hunter Parrish, who bring the younger versions of the core cast to life with intensity and precision.

With powerhouse talent both in front of and behind the camera, a legacy name in the crime genre, and a first-look that already drips with mood, precision, and dread, Scarpetta is shaping up to be one of 2026’s must-watch thrillers.

Crime fans, forensic junkies, psychological drama lovers, sharpen your senses. Kay Scarpetta is coming. And the truth is about to be cut wide open when Scarpetta drops on Prime Video on March 11, 2026.

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Following our first look at the series, the brand new trailer for this must-watch Prime Video event has now arrived, and it captures both the brutality of war, and the beauty of first love in equal measure, promising a story that you’ll feel deep inside your soul.

Watch the all-new trailer for The Narrow Road to the Deep North below:

Here’s the official synopsis:

The Narrow Road to the Deep North is a savagely beautiful five-part series charting the life of Dorrigo Evans (played by Jacob Elordi as a young man, with Ciarán Hinds as the older Dorrigo), through his passionate love affair with Amy Mulvaney (Odessa Young), his time held captive in a POW camp, and his later years spent as a revered surgeon and reluctant war hero.

Adapted from Richard Flanagan’s Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name. and adapted for screen by writer Shaun Grant (Nitram, Snowtown) and directed by Justin Kurzel (The Order, Nitram), The Narrow Road to the Deep North promises to bring a rollercoaster of emotions to audiences, and to highlight a critically important piece of WWII, and the horrors that Australian POW’s faced at the hands of the Japanese Military in Burma. Alongside this story of war-time trauma, and the horrors of war, The Narrow Road to the Deep North also promises an incredibly deep story of romance and first love, and the quest for Elordi’s Dorrigo Evans to keep that part alive in himself as he does everything he can to survive.

Elordi brings everything of himself as a performer to this part, and leads an impressive cast which includes the like of Ciarán Hinds (Belfast), with Odessa Young (Mothering Sunday, Shirley), Olivia DeJonge (Elvis), Heather Mitchell (Love Me, Upright), Show Kasamatsu (Tokyo Vice), Thomas Weatherall (Heartbreak High), and Simon Baker (Limbo, Breath).

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The new trailer also presents an incredible production that highlights the broad talents of Australian film and television creatives, and showcases an array of incredible performances from the key cast. Filmed in New South Wales, Australia, you can sense the longing of the cast and crew to honour the legeacy of the men who served for their country, and Elordi’s connection with his home country is on display.

The Narrow Road to the Deep North is an intimate character study of a complex man, a compelling portrayal of the courage and cruelty of war, and an unforgettable love story that sustains one through the darkest of times.

The Narrow Road to the Deep North is a story that promises to touch your heart and soul in the most profound way possible, and this five-part event series will be a must watch when it arrives on Prime Video on April 18.

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After fighting in World War I as a sniper, Travis (Simon Bajer), now a policeman in northern Australia, loses control of an operation that results in the massacre of an Aboriginal Australian tribe in 1919. After his superiors insist on burying the truth, Travis leaves in disgust, only to be forced back twelve years later to hunt down Baywara, an Aboriginal warrior whose attacks on new settlers are causing havoc. When Travis recruits mission-raised Gutjuk, the only known massacre survivor, as his tracker, the truth of the past is revealed and Travis becomes the hunted.

Director Stephen Maxwell Johnson takes audiences into the burning outback for a thoroughly Australian cinematic experience that mixes raw drama with the brutal trappings of the western genre that leads to a film experience that takes hold and won’t let go. Charting the conflict between Australian colonials and native Aborigniee’s, High Ground is a powerful film that explores loyalty, justice, anger, passion and dangerous secrets. Johnson, along with screenwriter Chris Anastassiades tell a story of pure force and this is a side of Australian that few have ever witnessed, and is undoubtedly a story that needed to be told.

Headlining High Ground is international acting talent and Australian homegrown hero Simon Baker and he gives a strong, stoic and layered performance of a very complicated man. As Travis, a former sniper who served in WWI and who now works as a frontier policeman, he is quested to hunt down a marauding Aborignee war party and exterminate them. But Travis knows that their quarrel is not as simple as it seems and so he steps out to set things in order and atone for his part in a deadly past crime. Baker excels as this bushwhacking man of few words, who knows the territory of Northern Australia like the back of his hand, and who has great respect for the Aboriginal people. His performance is guided more by action than dialogue, and he makes for a compelling hero who is seeking redemption.

Alongside Baker, Johnson stacks his film with a cast of solid talent from both Australia and New Zealand including Callan Mulvey, Caren Pistorius, Ryan Corr and Aaron Pedersen, while veteran Australian performer Jack Thompson brings a considerable gravitas to the production as Travis’ superior officer Moran. Particular attention also has to be paid to newcomer Jacob Junior Nayinggul as the film’s protagonist Gutjuk, who holds the key to a deadly tragedy that Travis was a party to and whose fate he is now connected to. Baker and Nayinggul make for a good pair on screen and the young actor certainly picks up a few tricks or two from Baker and the strength of their duel performances give power to High Ground’s narrative.

In terms of its visual presentation, High Ground is captured in beautiful detail via the lens of cinematographer Andrew Commis, who captures both the harsh dryness of the empty Northern Australian territory, along with the natural beauty of this rugged landscape that can often be overlooked. Commis captures the landscape in its colour palette of bright aqua, copper brown and burnt orange, and audiences will surely be taken by his images. The landscape of the northern Australian territory also serves as an important component of the film’s narrative and its power in telling this story of untold Australian history and the conflict of two cultures.

High Ground draws much of its power from its adherence to displaying the native Aboriginal culture properly and with a deep respect for their native customs and traditions. Noted Aboriginal actor and elder Witiyana Marika has a notable presence within the film and brings great respect to telling a side of the Australian story that very rarely makes it onto the big screen. Johnson and his team give much respect to the Aboriginal narrative within High Ground and this focus on this native story leads to a much more interesting and layered narrative.

Audiences who are seeking something different in both narrative and genre will be well pleased by High Ground. With a cast at the top of their game and some thoroughly beautiful visuals and its gripping narrative, this one really is something special.

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