David Farnor | On 10, Jun 2024

Mia McKenna-Bruce will star in Netflix’s The Seven Dials Mystery.

Based on the Agatha Christie novel, the series was ordered earlier this year, with Broadchurch creator and former Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall penning the script. Now, he’s assembling his cast, with BAFTA Rising Star McKenna-Bruce – of How to Have Sex and Persuasion fame – leading the ensemble.

England. 1925. At a lavish country house party, a practical joke appears to have gone horribly, murderously wrong. It will be up to the unlikeliest of sleuths – the fizzingly inquisitive Lady Eileen ‘Bundle’ Brent – to unravel a chilling plot that will change her life, cracking wide open the country house mystery.

Joining Mia as Bundle will be Helena Bonham Carter (One Life, Nolly) as Lady Caterham and Martin Freeman (The Responder, Black Panther) as Battle.

Mia says: “Chris Chibnall’s scripts are brilliant, and I am thrilled to be part of this new interpretation of the iconic Agatha Christie’s storytelling.”

The series will begin filming this summer.

 

Chris Chibnall to adapt Agatha Christie’s The Seven Dials Mystery for Netflix

29th March 2024

Chris Chibnall will adapt Agatha Christie’s The Seven Dials Mystery for Netflix.

The series will be penned by the Broadchurch creator and former Doctor Who showrunner, and executive produced by The Crown’s Suzanne Mackie of Orchid Pictures and Chris Sussman (Good Omens). Chris Sweeney (The Tourist, Back to Life) will direct.

Orchid Pictures was founded in 2020 by Suzanne Mackie (executive producer on The Crown) with the goal of bringing stories from both up-and-coming and award-winning writers to the world’s stage. Suzanne has since assembled a strong female team to develop a rich slate of diverse content, including Hannah Campbell and Sophie Loizou (The Crown). 

The Seven Dials Mystery is the first series to go into production with Orchid Pictures and will begin filming this summer. Chris Chibnall will executive produce the show through his company Imaginary Friends and James Prichard of Agatha Christie Limited is also an executive producer on the series. 

Prichard said: “Bundle Brent is one of my great grandmother’s raft of interesting humorous sharp young female characters. To see her brought to life through the words of Chris Chibnall and this production with Orchid Pictures and Netflix is a dream come true. I think viewers will love this world that we have created, and hope for more.”

Mackie added: “I am excited to be bringing The Seven Dials Mystery to life, and to be introducing a new generation of iconic Christie characters to the screen. It has been a joy to work with Chris Chibnall in creating this bold, authored and ambitious vision for the series. Together with Chris Sussman and Agatha Christie Limited and, under the masterful direction of Chris Sweeney, we are thrilled to embark on this creative journey. I could not think of a more exciting first project for Orchid Pictures, or a more perfect home for this story than Netflix.”

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