Jennifer Garner is ready to start solving mysteries again, this time Agatha Christie style.
The former "Alias" star has been tapped by Disney to star as Miss Marple in their planned reboot of the mystery series, Deadline reports. Disney's plan for the reboot was to change the character of Miss Marple from being an elderly English spinster who solves mysteries as a hobby to an updated version where she is in her 30s or 40s.
After the jump, we break down just who Miss Marple is, how she's been portrayed before and why Garner is an interesting choice.
Miss Marple, or Jane Marple, is one of Agatha Christie's most famous fictional characters who has appeared in 12 of the famous author's crime stories. In the novels, Marple is an elderly spinster who lives in the village of St. Mary Mead and acts as an amateur detective in her off hours.
The former "Alias" star has been tapped by Disney to star as Miss Marple in their planned reboot of the mystery series, Deadline reports. Disney's plan for the reboot was to change the character of Miss Marple from being an elderly English spinster who solves mysteries as a hobby to an updated version where she is in her 30s or 40s.
After the jump, we break down just who Miss Marple is, how she's been portrayed before and why Garner is an interesting choice.
Miss Marple, or Jane Marple, is one of Agatha Christie's most famous fictional characters who has appeared in 12 of the famous author's crime stories. In the novels, Marple is an elderly spinster who lives in the village of St. Mary Mead and acts as an amateur detective in her off hours.
- 3/29/2011
- by Terri Schwartz
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