Daisy Ridley (Star Wars) will star in and EP the series adaptation of Nina de Gramont’s best-selling novel, The Christie Affair.
Juliette Towhidi (Calendar Girls, Death Comes to Pemberley) will adapt the script. Miramax TV is set to develop and produce the murder mystery.
In 1926, when her husband’s affair became public, Agatha Christie vanished for eleven days. In this reimagining, told through the eyes of her husband’s mistress Nan O’Dea (Ridley), Nan and Agatha become entwined in each other’s lives in ways neither expected.
The Christie Affair was published by St. Martin’s Press on February 1, 2022, becoming a UK no. 1 bestseller. On this side of the pond, the novel was included on the New York Times Bestseller list, as well as Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine Book Club.
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