BritBox To Produce Three Agatha Christie Adaptations As Streamer Doubles Creative & Investment Output

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Christie Brinkley and Rebel Wilson were among the celebrities to celebrate the 56th Super Bowl with a private Casamigos party with Cindy Crawford.MORE: Rebel Wilson, Taraji P. Henson and Kelly Clarkson sparkle as they celebrate 2022 NFL HonorsHeld at the home of Mike Meldman, who launched the tequila brand with George Clooney and Randy Gerber, guests entered the party by throwing a football at the Casa Bell and doing a shot of Casamigo.WATCH: Christie Brinkley shares glimpse into her morning routine at homeChristie, 68, rocked a black jumpsuit with a sheer bodysuit underneath it, and kept warm in the cool evening with a leather jacket, as she posed for pictures with friends.Rebel wore a white and black heart-print sweater paired with classic blue denim jeans, while host Cindy wore black jeans and a white leather jacket, joining forces with NFL quarterbacks Dak Prescott, Josh Allen and Zach Wilson for a picture.MORE: Christie Brinkley unexpectedly twins with daughter in unseen baby photoBlonde bombshell Christie recently had fans begging for her secret, as she showed off her impressive physique and youthful glow while celebrating her 68th birthday.Christie had a cheeky caption in honor of the milestone, writing: "I'm about to turn 50 for the 18th time tomorrow… Ahhh the advantages of being born on Groundhog's Day!" Christie looked fantastic at the party As fans inundated her comments with well wishes and compliments, it was clear that her pretend age was much easier to believe than her real age.Christie's work-out ethic has surely paid off and come in handy, and not just for her looks.

BritBox presented its upcoming series on Wednesday at the 2022 virtual edition of the Television Critics Association winter press tour, including a new series written and directed by Hugh Laurie.

BritBox presented its upcoming series on Tuesday at the 2022 virtual edition of the Television Critics Association winter press tour, including a new series written and directed by Hugh Laurie.

Hugh Laurie is stepping behind the camera to bring a new adaptation of the 1934 Agatha Christie novel,, to BritBox. The limited-run series, written and directed by the former star, tells the story of two amateur detectives who get in over their heads investigating a murder. It also features an all-star cast, which ET has an exclusive sneak peek of in the video above.

K.J. Yossman Streamer BritBox has extended its production partnership with the Agatha Christie estate.BritBox, which is jointly owned by BBC Studios and ITV, has signed on for three more productions with Agatha Christie Limited and Mamoth Screen.The trio have already collaborated on an adaptation of Christie’s novel “Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?” (pictured above) starring Emma Thompson and Will Poulter, which will premiere on the platform in April.BritBox have not yet confirmed which of the author’s prolific output they will be working on next but they have said each of the three adaptations will be “steered by a distinctive voice – a director, a writer or auteur – bringing an entirely new perspective and style to Agatha Christie’s novels.” BritBox was set to make the announcement Wednesday during its portion of the Television Critics Association winter virtual press tour.

With the mysterious Christie clan setting up home at Fraser's Ridge in the sixth season of Outlander, fans are expecting them to play a big part in proceedings.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticAgatha Christie was born in 1890, and the heyday of movie adaptations of her novels goes quite a ways back (like, 70 or 80 years). The whole structure and flavor of this sort of delectably engineered whodunit, with its cast of suspects drawn in deliberate broad strokes and its know-it-all detective whose powers of deduction descend directly from Sherlock Holmes, is rooted in the cozy symmetry of the studio-system era.

Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation of “Death on the Nile” begins with a sequence that is miles removed from Agatha Christie — indeed, it feels like a Branagh has spliced in a missing reel from “1917.” In an unbroken take, his camera snakes through a WWI-era foxhole, ending with the delivery of orders for a suicide mission. But maybe not.