LOS ANGELES: Agatha Christie's elderly detective Miss Marple is getting the big-screen treatment from Disney.
After months of negotiations, the studio has closed a deal to capture the movie rights to the character, who first appeared in print in 1927.
Disney is not making a period movie, however, but is looking do a contemporary version with an edge. It has commissioned a script from Mark Frost, who is best known for co-creating the landmark TV series "Twin Peaks" with David Lynch.
Jane Marple was one of Christie's most famous creations, a sweet old lady with a deep understanding of the dark side of human nature.
The character first appeared on screen in 1961 in "Murder, She said," portrayed by Dame Margaret Rutherford, who was 70 at the time and went on to reprise the role in three other films with a comedic bent.
Angela Lansbury played the character in 1980's "The Mirror Crack'd," based on a book that Christie had dedicated to Rutherford. AGENCIES
