Murdle, a scripted TV adaptation of G.T. Karber’s popular murder mystery puzzle collection, is officially in the works at Amazon MGM Studios. Written by Jon Croker (Paddington), the upcoming series is a collaboration between Amazon and Legendary Television. Murdle will follow the lives of two rival members of a London-based detective club, who are forced to work together to solve complex murder mysteries.
As reported by Deadline, Murdle is a voice-driven series similar to Knives Out and The Gentleman with its blend of humor and suspense. Croker, Karber, Jessica Rhoades, and Alison Mo Massey serve as executive producers of the show. Rhoades’s Pacesetter Productions originally brought the pitch for the show to Legendary, with plans to build a Murdle universe which will also include films and unscripted series based on the Karber’s puzzles.
The logline for the upcoming series remains under wraps, but the show will be based on one of the five volumes in Karber’s puzzle collection. The first volume was released in June 2023 and became a Sunday Times #1 bestseller. It also won both Overall Book of the Year and Best Nonfiction Book at the 2024 British Book Awards. The Murdle franchise also includes the 2024 board game, Murdle: The Case of the Cover Up. The two latest books in the series include Murdle: The School of Mystery and a children’s spinoff, Murdle, Jr.: Curious Crimes for Curious Minds.
Netflix’s Murder Mystery ‘The Residence’ Set to Compete For the Emmys
The Residence, a Shondaland-produced murder mystery series starring Uzo Aduba and Randall Park, premiered on Netflix on March 20, 2025. The show has garnered massive success shortly after its release and is now set to compete in the comedy category for the 2025 Emmy Awards. The show follows Aduba as the quirky detective Cordelia Cupp, who is trying to solve a murder that takes place during a State Dinner at the White House along with her sidekick, Edwin (Park).
The Residence Season 1 consists of 8 episodes in the 40-60 minute range, which classifies the show as a dramedy. Aduba has previously gained significant recognition for her role as Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren in Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black. Aduba won her first Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2014, followed by a second win in 2015 for the same role, but this time in the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series category, after Orange Is the New Black was reclassified as a drama.
The Residence creator Paul William Davies has hinted at the possibility of continuing Detective Cupp’s story in the future. According to Davies, The Residence Season 2 could explore a different location and even feature Cordelia and Edwin solving mysteries all over the world. In an interview with Deadline, Aduba and Park expressed their desire to continue the series and solve more thrilling cases in future seasons.
A release date for the upcoming TV adaptation of Murdle has not been announced as of yet.
via Collider