According to GalleyCat, Angelina Jolie is going to star as Dr. Kay Scarpetta, of Patricia Cornwell popular mystery series.

There have been a dozen (maybe more) or so books, but I stopped reading after the fourth or fifth book. I really enjoyed the series and can’t exactly remember why I stopped reading it, but I remember it starting to fall flat for me. The first few books I read were action packed w/ characters that I wanted to get to know. It ended up getting monotonous.

Angelina Jolie, Fox 2000 and author Patricia Cornwell are teaming up for a killer deal.

The studio is acquiring screen rights to Cornwell’s bestselling book series on medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta, to develop as a vehicle for Jolie.

Mark Gordon will produce with Media Talent Group’s Geyer Kosinski. The studio, producers and Jolie are meeting with writers and will set one shortly. Bryan Zuriff will serve as exec producer.

Read the rest of the article here.

I don’t know what readers of the series think, but I can totally see Jolie as Kay Scarpetta. But that may be b/c it’s been so long since I’ve read the series.