So we have a new version of Miss Marple to look forward to from Disney.
And there's some interesting casting : Jennifer Garner.
No, you haven't fallen through a crack in the wall into the future or anything. And no it isn't April the 1st yet.
Disney are revamping a series that has a reputation as the last steady earner for actresses of a certain vintage. And doing it for no apparent reason.
The film is going to feature a Marple in her 30s and it's not clear if it'll be based on one of Agatha Christie's novels, however loosely.
Maybe it'll be a great witty mystery film featuring a young-ish female detective. Kinda sounds like Sue Grafton's alphabet books, which Garner would suit better.
Personally, I haven't seen much Miss Marple since Joan Hickman's run (dipped into McEwan era and didn't care for it and haven't tried Julia McKenzie's version). Also, confession time, I preferred reading Poirot.
But I've always enjoyed the potential of an elderly amateur sleuth (possibly because I have an aunt who, when well into her 80s, helped police catch a drug dealer that they were previously unaware of).
If we had to have a slightly younger Marple, then why not Alex Kingston, Whoopi Goldberg or Susan Sarandon? Or, possibly the best fit, Diane Keaton? (That'll surely be better than the dodgy romcoms she's been mired with of late)
At any rate, not someone who scarcely a decade ago had just started playing a spy fresh out of college.
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