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Image: MaxSabina Graves covers genre television for Gizmodo, with a focus on inclusion in front of and behind the camera. You can follow her coverage here, and email story ideas and tips to [email protected] The Last Airbender Inspired Lisette OliveraThe Top Story:After production delays caused by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, 2024's television slate will likely see some shifting around—though shows like Netflix’s Stranger Things and One Piece may get fast-tracked to release the beginnings of their seasons by the…

Agatha Christie adaptations are an annual Christmas tradition, as is the nervous anticipation of viewers sitting down to witness the snipping and streamlining of another beloved novel to fit the screen. This year my adaptation of Christie’s relatively little-known 1938 Murder Is Easy joins the ranks of this murderously festive family fare.The original Murder Is Easy sees Christie experimenting with form and themes, class and gender commentary, even some Wicker-Man style folk horror in a darkly romantic comedy with as much…

Agatha Christie would have approved of changing the protagonist’s heritage from white to Nigerian in the BBC’s TV adaptation of Murder Is Easy, her great-grandson has suggested.This year’s BBC Christmas Christie adaptation has cast David Jonsson as the protagonist Luke Fitzwilliam, a young man forging a career in Whitehall until a mysterious encounter drives him to investigate a murder in an English village.Asked by the Radio Times what Christie would have made of changing Fitzwilliam’s heritage to Nigerian, James…

WandaVision—the very first Marvel series to hit Disney+, all the way back in January 2021—is finally getting a snazzy home release. It’s nicely timed, now that series co-star Teyonah Parris is currently featuring in The Marvels, and WandaVision spin-off Agatha: Darkhold Diaries waits in the wings.The Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD comes with the complete nine-episode series, of course, as well as a ton of extras—all the better to entice fans who’re wondering why they need a home release of a show that’s still available on…

Elizabeth Olsen, Alicia Vikander, and Anna Kendrick are all set to join the new French sci-fi drama The Assessment. The cast and crew of Disney’s Haunted Mansion discuss the classic ride. Plus, John Hamm experiences the concept of Tea in a new Good Omens season 2 clip. Spoilers now!The Secret to Taika Waititi’s SuccessThe AssessmentScreen Daily reports Elizabeth Olsen, Alicia Vikander and Anna Kendrick are attached to star in The Assessment, a dystopian sci-fi drama from first-time French director, Fleur Fortuné. Said to…

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Image: 20th Century StudiosThe mustache is back for another mystery—this time, a supernatural one!—in Kenneth Branagh’s next Agatha Christie adaptation, A Haunting in Venice, once again starring the director as the gifted detective. The movie is based on Christie’s novel Hallowe’en Party and has just shared its first teaser trailer:A Haunting In Venice | Teaser Trailer | 20th Century StudiosHere’s the official description: “A Haunting in Venice is set in eerie, post-World War II Venice on All Hallows’ Eve and is a…

x https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRCKIP5paEU Not many films can claim to get more deliciously stylish than those based on famed writer Agatha Christie’s works; indeed, ever since Kenneth Branagh took up both Hercule Poirot’s shoes and the director’s chair back in 2017 with Murder on the Orient Express, the murder mystery author has gained unprecedented exposure to modern audiences (as though The Mousetrap needed any help in that department). Now, the Thor director is set to do it once more with A Haunting In…

Sure, we knew Katharyn Hahn would be returning to play her breakout character in the upcoming WandaVision spin-off Agatha: Coven of Chaos. We knew who had joined her for the show, including Patti LuPone, Aubrey Plaza, and Heartstopper’s Joe Locke. But until today, we didn’t know about its plot or characters, and it’s thanks to LuPone.Bryce Dallas Howard on a Feature Star Wars Film and Book of Boba FettSpeaking on The View, the actor/singer announced—likely without Marvel Studios’ permission—she would be playing Lilia…

I read my first Agatha Christie a little late in life. In college, at a time when the internet was the preserve of a select few, books had to be bought in stores, and thrifting wasn’t a concept, I chanced upon a dog-eared copy of The ABC Murders at a ramshackle library that my cousin and I frequented every summer. Emerging only later that night, I set the book aside as the best thing I had ever read. It was the beginning of a life-long love affair. PREMIUM Just the sort of lovely home in a quiet English village…