There’s a nice bit of symmetry happening with The CW remake of Nancy Drew.
The teenage detective, made famous by the books written under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene, has been portrayed on screen many times since the 1930s, with the most memorable showing probably being The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries.
The series ran on ABC from 1977 to 1979 and starred Pamela Sue Martin as Nancy.
40 years later, Pamela will be returning to the world of sleuthing — albeit in a different capacity — for The CW version.
Pamela has been cast in the reboot as Harriet Grosset, a small-town psychic who offers her talents to help Nancy investigate a murder.
The 66-year-old’s other connection is that she went on to star in Dynasty, with Nancy Drew producers Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage having been responsible for the Dynasty reboot as well.
Kennedy McCann will be starring as Nancy Drew in the pilot, with Freddie Prinze Jr. portraying her father.
