Jennifer Garner to play Miss Marple?!?

[deldaisy]

I don't like Russel Crowe.

[meerkat]

Julia McKenzie is equally good. I went to the Film Institute to see the first new release of Miss Marple and Poirot. Julia McKenzie and David Suchet were both there and questions were asked etc. Great evening.

It was agreed Julia's portrayl was an excellent follower to Joan Hickson.

[Bouncy Castle]

Geraldine McEwan was first, after Hickson.

[meerkat]

Well, that was a complete hash up! Least sasid the better.
Casting should have been been shot! Kinder all round!

[Bouncy Castle]

Even some of the Yanks are stunned at the casting!!

Remember Agatha Christie’s iconic, elderly spinster detective Miss Marple who solved crimes in between knitting and gardening? Well, Disney’s going to make another movie about her, only this time she’ll be younger and played by Jennifer Garner (who is producing as well).

Also, this one’s set in modern times. So uh.. I guess she’ll solve crimes between shopping for shoes and dining at Soho cafes? And, if they’re changing all of these elements, it seems like they might as well “re-boot” the name too. I mean, they can’t actually name this sexy female detective for a new generation Miss Marple, can they?

The script will apparently be written by Mark Frost, who gets major credibility points for writing on Twin Peaks, and then loses some of them for penning both Fantastic Four films.

Right now, Frost is probably pouring over a blank sheet of paper, trying to figure out how to handle a memo from Disney asking him to make the main character’s name sound younger without totally sacrificing the source material.

I’ll admit, it’s a tough one! But still, here are seven suggestions to jump start Frost’s brainstorming. Submit your own suggestions in the comments.

· Miss M.

· Carrie “Marple” Bradshaw

· Cleo Marplé

· Margaret Pell

· Juno Marple

· M.A.R.P.L.E. (code name given by a secret government agency.)

· DJ Marp

[deldaisy]

Miss Marple in Twin Peaks?????

[Tonyblack]

All they need now is a werewolf, a vampire and a zombie and it'll be perfect.

[Bouncy Castle]

I don't like Russel Crowe.

But Russ, it would seem, likes the pies!!

[Tonyblack]

Maybe he's getting into shape to play Captain Jack Aubrey again. The captain in Master and Commander is a real porker as the series progresses.

[deldaisy]

OR too many beers down at Souths club