“I am most excited to experience the unique approach John Malkovich will bring to the role in this thrilling one-off television adaptation.”īAFTA-nominated writer Sarah Phelps will pen the 1930s-set drama. “‘The ABC Murders’ is one of my great-grandmother’s most unsettling and intense stories and Hercule Poirot one of her most intriguing characters,” said James Prichard, series executive producer and CEO of Agatha Christie Limited. Alex Gabassi (“The Frankenstein Chronicles”) will direct and Farah Abushwesha (“The Party”) produce. Endeavor Content handles international sales. It is the latest Christie adaptation in a series commissioned by the BBC, with six more to come. ITV-backed Mammoth Screen is producing “The ABC Murders” with Agatha Christie Limited. British pubcaster the BBC has aired a series of adaptations of Christie’s work in recent years, including “And Then There Were None,” “Witness for the Prosecution” and, most recently, “Ordeal by Innocence.” “The ABC Murders” stands out for featuring Poirot many Christie fans consider the long-running portrayal by Suchet on the BBC’s chief broadcasting rival, ITV, to be the definitive version. Based on the classic 1936 Christie novel, the series will run to three parts.
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