There’s long been a lot of interest in what happened to Agatha Christie when she went missing in 1926. Now Will Gluck is going to try and tell us the answer, as Deadline reports that he’s signed up to helm Will Gluck (Easy A, Friends with Benefits) to direct Agatha for Paramount Pictures, based on Allison Schroeder’s spec screenplay.
As nobody really knows what happened to Christie during those 11 days, the film speculates about the events. Christie went missing in December 1926, sparking a massive manhunt for the beloved author, before she was found at the Swan Hydropathic Hotel in Yorkshire, England, registered as Mrs. Teresa Neele from Cape Town, South Africa.
The author never explained her unusual disappearance (it’s believed to have been caused by problems in her marriage). However the script turns the events into an action-adventure, which is described as a cross between Sherlock Holmes and Romancing the Stone.
There’s no new on when it might shoot, although it may be a while, as Gluck recently signed on to write and direct Sony’s planned Annie remake.
Becoming the youngest Best Actress Oscar nominee ever is an impressive achievement, and may well lead to a big career for Beasts Of The Southern Wild’s Quvenzhane Wallis. The nine-year-old is now up to replace the recently departed Willow Smith in the planned new version of the musical, Annie.
Director Will Gluck has made his name with comedies such as Easy A and Friends With Benefits, although he’s planning to go in a slightly different direction (although still with comic touches), as