Following the news yesterday that 20th Century Studios film adaptation of Agatha Christie’s “And Then There Were None” (aka. “Ten Little Indians”) is still on the way, comes a new update on the project.
The Insneider reports that “The Hate U Give,” “The Longest Ride,” and “Men of Honor” director George Tillman Jr. is set to direct the project.
At last report back in 2020, “Captain Marvel” scribes Anna Waterhouse and Joe Shrapnel are penning the film which is a standalone project. At that time the film planned to retain the pre-World War II period setting of the work.
The story follows a group of ten seemingly disparate individuals invited to an isolated island. Cut off from the mainland, the house guests and servants are all accused of heinous crimes and are murdered one by one during the course of their stay.
With no way off the island, their numbers dwindle and there’s no sign of anyone else there – leading only to suspicion and paranoia growing.
First published in 1939, it set the template for every slasher film ever made and sold more than 100 million copies in eight languages – making it one of the best-selling books of all time.
It has been adapted to the big screen numerous times – the acclaimed 1945 film, the Swiss Alps-set 1965 film, the all-star 1974 Iranian desert hotel version, and the 1989 African Savannah version.
One of the most acclaimed versions was also the most recent, the 2015 BBC mini-series starring Sam Neill, Aidan Turner, Charles Dance, Noah Taylor, Miranda Richardson and Toby Stephens. That marked the first English language adaptation to feature the novel’s original darker ending.
