Just what we wanted -- Jennifer Garner as MISS MARPLE

[AndyDursin]

I mean....seriously....can words even describe the lack of sanity in Hollywood?

Just...unbelievable. And if you're going to cast someone to play a young Miss Marple, why not Emily Blunt? Or Helen Mirren and keep it along the lines of her actual age?

Just......WOW. Ridiculous!

http://www.deadline.com/2011/03/miss-ma ... -spinster/

UPDATE: Jennifer Garner will be the actress who puts a young spin on Miss Marple in Disney's reboot of the Agatha Christie mystery series sleuth. The character had been portrayed by a long line of actresses who played Marple as an elderly spinster who cracked crimes in her spare time. Garner and her Vandalia Films partner Juliana Janes will produce a film that will be shaped as a star vehicle for Garner, the former Alias star who will next be seen in Arthur.

EARLIER, 3:46 PM EDT: Disney has made a deal to revive the Agatha Christie mystery series staple character Miss Marple, but with one big difference: instead of the elderly spinster who lives in the English village of St. Mary Mead and solves mysteries as a hobby, the new configuration is for Mark Frost to script a version where Marple is in her 30s or 40s. Developing.

[AndyDursin]

Coming soon -- Brad Pitt IS Hercule Poirot!

[John Johnson]

Margaret Rutherford must be turning in her grave.

[John Johnson]

I love this quote from Disney - "looking to do a contemporary version with an edge".

[mkaroly]

Coming soon -- Brad Pitt IS Hercule Poirot!

Lol!

Seriously, it's Disney...what do you expect? Although...I would definitely tune in to Brad Pitt playing Hercule Poirot, as I'm sure I would be laughing so hard as to fall off the couch.

[Monterey Jack]

This honestly sounds like one of those fake movie trailers in Tropic Thunder.

[Paul MacLean]

Andy, I can hear you saying "This summer she'll find out that there's no crime in being yourself"!

[AndyDursin]

haha it has the same kind of feel doesn't it?

Apparently the Agatha Christie estate is now saying they haven't signed off on it -- and all they need to do is look at the reaction this is getting from far and wide to know it's not a good idea (besides the obvious!).

They ought to nix this concept and wait for someone to decide to do an elegant and more appropriate remake with someone like Helen Mirren. Jennifer Garner can go make a remake of Angela Lansbury's "Murder She Wrote" and stuff it, lol.