Seven Dials Mystery
Summary
Netflix has announced their new Agatha Christie adaptation , The Seven Dials Mystery , will be penned by formerDoctor Whoshowrunner Chris Chibnall . Previously serve as the principal author for the 2005 spinoffTorchwood , Chibnall was later tapped to succeed Steven Moffat as the showrunner forDoctor Whoseason 11 . Responsible for casting Jodie Whittaker as the first female Doctor of the Church in the show ’s long - run chronicle , Chibnall ’s land tenure as showrunnergenerated some arcdegree of contention , with several observer accuse the writer ’s episode of being too politically motivated .
Netflixhas officially announced that they will be teaming with the formerDoctor Whoshowrunner on a newtelevision adaptation of Christie ’s 1929 mystery story novel , The Seven Dials Mystery . The show is also set to be executive produced byThe Crown’sSuzanne Mackie under her Orchid Pictures streamer andGood Omens’Chris Sussman . Chris Sweeney , director ofThe Tourist , has been tap to direct . Check out the statement made by Mackie below :
I am excited to be bringing The Seven Dials Mystery to life , and to be preface a novel generation of iconic Christie eccentric to the blind . It has been a pleasure to work with Chris Chibnall in creating this bold , authored and ambitious vision for the series . Together with Chris Sussman and Agatha Christie Limited and , under the masterful counselling of Chris Sweeney , we are thrilled to ship on this creative journey . I could not cogitate of a more exciting first projection for Orchid Pictures , or a more perfect dwelling house for this story than Netflix .
Why The Seven Dials Mystery Is An Odd Choice To Adapt
Agatha Christie Has Far More Well-Known Characters
wide consider as one of the humanity ’s most prolific and well - known enigma writer , Christie ’s works have previously been adapted to screen dozens of times . While modernistic audiences may be more conversant with theHercule Poirot movieshelmed by Kenneth Branagh , Christie ’s assorted characters have a long history of being brought to living as movies and television shows , start with the 1928 silent movie , The Passing of Mr. Quin . Since then , countless writer , actors and directors have all put their twist on the authors ’ now iconic tale .
With Death on The Nile having hit film , what ’s next for Agatha Christie - based movies ? Perhaps , it ’s time to accommodate a book that ’s never been adapted .
Yet amongChristie ’s assorted works , The Seven Dials Mysteryseems , at first coup d’oeil , to be an odd choice for Netflix to prosecute . Originally lambasted by critics on the book ’s original release , The Seven Dials Mysteryfeatures neither of Christie ’s better - known detectives , Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple . Instead , the author take back to a character first introduced in her 1925 bookThe Secret of Chimneysto focal point on the young aristocrat and socialite , Lady " Bundle " Brent .
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The Seven Dials Mysterywas previously adapted as a 1981 tv set movie star Cheryl Campbell as Bundle Brent .
Yet , while Bundle Brent is a far less recognisable case than Christie ’s other iconic sleuths , the character ’s malcontent trait could make for a gripping role in the Netflix version . Resourceful and headstrong , Brent has often been line as a quintessential 1920s “ flapper ” , have it off evenly for her appeal to the opposite sex and her penchant for fast driving . With Chibnall responsible for introducingDoctor Whofans to the first female Doctor , it will be interesting to see what he has in storage forThe Seven Dials Mystery .
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