London:
Former Bond girl Gemma Arterton is signed up to join Julie Andrews, Matthew Goode and GabrielByrne in a big-screen adaptation of Agatha Christie's 'CrookedHouse'.
The British actress will star in Neil LaBute'sadaptation of the murder mystery, rewritten for screen by'Downton Abbey' creator Julian Fellowes and Tim Rose Price,reported Contactmusic.
The film will feature a crime scene set against thebackdrop of three generations of a family who live together ina large, seemingly crooked house.
All members of the family, who each have their owneccentricities, become suspects when their multimillionairerelative is killed and a detective must determine whetherArterton's character is a murderess or the next victim.
Although the book isn't one of Christie's well-knownworks it was one of her personal favourites.
LaBute, who directed the 2006 remake on 'The WickerMan', said, "The story has a couple of fresh sides to it thatI didn't remember from Christie's work.
"There's a love story, which didn't feature stronglyin many of her books, so that seemed very different to me andfresh. Plus it's quite morally ambiguous, which also appealedto me."
Budgeted at around 20 million pounds, 'Crooked House'is set to begin filming in the UK this summer.
Former Bond girl Gemma Arterton is signed up to join Julie Andrews, Matthew Goode and GabrielByrne in a big-screen adaptation of Agatha Christie's 'CrookedHouse'.
The British actress will star in Neil LaBute'sadaptation of the murder mystery, rewritten for screen by'Downton Abbey' creator Julian Fellowes and Tim Rose Price,reported Contactmusic.
The film will feature a crime scene set against thebackdrop of three generations of a family who live together ina large, seemingly crooked house.
All members of the family, who each have their owneccentricities, become suspects when their multimillionairerelative is killed and a detective must determine whetherArterton's character is a murderess or the next victim.
Although the book isn't one of Christie's well-knownworks it was one of her personal favourites.
LaBute, who directed the 2006 remake on 'The WickerMan', said, "The story has a couple of fresh sides to it thatI didn't remember from Christie's work.
"There's a love story, which didn't feature stronglyin many of her books, so that seemed very different to me andfresh. Plus it's quite morally ambiguous, which also appealedto me."
Budgeted at around 20 million pounds, 'Crooked House'is set to begin filming in the UK this summer.
