According to Deadline, Disney have plans to reboot Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple character for the big screen.

Usually portrayed as a dottled old woman, Miss Marple appeared in twelve of Christie’s crime novels as an amateur detective who solved mysteries her local police force couldn’t with an unmatched understanding of human behaviour. Adapted for the screen on a number of occasions, the character’s adventures have been fronted by an array of actresses – from Margaret Rutherford to Angela Lansbury.

The reboot, however, will drop the English spinster angle and reimagine Marple as a vehicle for Alias’ Jennifer Garner (who will also produce), this budding franchise clearly destined to hold as little resemblance to the source material as much of Disney’s back-catalogue does to their respective Grimm’s fairy tales.

With Shia LaBeouf no doubt primed for the role of Hercule Poirot, and Gemma Arterton likely lined up to play Nancy Drew in the wake of Sherlock Holmes’ recent cinematic success, I am open to suggestions regarding how to keep Jessica Fletcher out of the ruinsome hands of Platinum Dunes.