NBC Pilot MURDER BY THE BOOK With Retta Starts Filming in Steveston South of Vancouver
NBC pilot Murder By the Book (working title), with Retta as an unlikely detective in a seaside town, starts filming in Steveston south of Vancouver.
The new book store set — The Curious Cat.
A little bit of my own detective work, but based on their description of a seaside town and bookstore and the fact they built this in Steveston, I think it might be #MurderByTheBook https://t.co/8ZfVavFMEt pic.twitter.com/zpxKPMfazD
— Nick Frühling (@nickfruhling) March 11, 2023
Hazel (Retta) is a big city Instafamous book reviewer who takes a page from the murder mystery books she reviews and becomes an unlikely detective to uncover the shocking truths about an eccentric seaside town.
Working title: Murder By the Book.
Filming dates: March 13 2023 – March 31 2023.
Writer/producers: Jenna Bans, Bill Krebs
Cast: Retta, Tituss Burgess, Tommy Dewey, Siobhan Williams, Elizabeth Yu, Hilda Martin.
Titus Burgess will play Andre, Hazel’s directionless younger brother who’s become Hazel’s publicist/manager/hype-man because he’s been fired from every other job he’s ever had.
Tommy Dewey will play Pete, a homicide detective who somehow has a gorgeous second home overlooking the bay on a government salary.
Siobhan Williams joins as Lori, an employee at the bookstore who proves to be an invaluable, if sometimes off center, ally in Hazel’s hunt for Maggie’s killer
The host of an Instagram book club featuring cozy murder mysteries with names like “Death and Doilies” and “Assault ‘N Pepper,” Hazel Hamilton (Ratta) is well equipped to handle a real life mystery when her long-ago best friend dies under mysterious circumstances.
Producers: Universal TV, Minnesota Logging Co.