Titus Burgess Joins Retta in NBC Pilot MURDER BY THE BOOK Filming in Vancouver
Tituss Burgess, Tommy Dewey and Siobhan William join Retta in a NBC pilot MURDER BY THE BOOK about an unlikely detective filming in Vancouver this March.
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.
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.
Source: Deadline: Hollywood.