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Q: Now that the Poirot stories are finished, does that mean we won't be getting any more Agatha Christie movies?

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Adam Thomlison / TV Media

People have been filming the stories of crime queen Agatha Christie since 1928, and there's no evidence that they'll stop any time soon.

You are correct in thinking that David Suchet's days as Poirot are finished -- he said so himself in interviews after "Curtain: Poirot's Last Case" aired last August. However, there are other books to adapt, and other actors to play the detectives.

Indeed, one of the first Christie stories we'll see is another version of the oft-adapted Poirot story "Murder on the Orient Express." It's getting the big-budget, big-screen treatment.

We may get some sort of super-version of Poirot, since the script's being written by Michael Green, whose most recent film was 2011's "Green Lantern," and who previously wrote for NBC's superhero drama "Heroes."

Before that, though, there will be a miniseries featuring a pair of Christie's lesser-known detectives, husband-and-wife team Tommy and Tuppence Beresford. The series will be called "Partners in Crime" and will air later this year on BBC.

There's also an adaption of "And Then There Were None" in the works, being penned by longtime "EastEnders" writer Sarah Phelps. It's another of the few books Christie wrote that did not feature either of her most famous sleuths -- Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple.

 

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