A new film that reopens one of literary history’s most enduring mysteries begins shooting in the UK this week, assembling a cast led by Vincent Cassel and Felicity Jones. The project revisits Agatha Christie’s baffling disappearance in 1926, promising a noir-tinged investigation that frames the real-life event as a puzzling case worthy of a crime novel.
The movie, titled Eleven Missing Days, imagines the search that followed Christie’s disappearance and foregrounds how the episode blurred the line between life and fiction. Producers say the story will follow a retired Belgian detective pulled into the inquiry — a figure deliberately evocative of Christie’s famous sleuths — and will treat every acquaintance of the author as a potential suspect.
Who’s in the cast
- Vincent Cassel — playing Jacques Pieters, the retired Belgian detective at the center of the investigation
- Felicity Jones — attached in a leading role (details not yet disclosed)
- Ryan McParland (Say Nothing) — cast as William Kenward, the Surrey constable who aids the probe
- Alfie Allen (Game of Thrones) — joining the ensemble
- Ben Hardy (The Conjuring: Last Rites) — joining the ensemble
- Stacy Martin (The Brutalist) — joining the ensemble
- Nicole Elizabeth Berger and Oliver Trevena — featured in supporting roles
The film is directed by Bertie Ellwood from a screenplay by Ernesto Foronda, adapted from Jared Cade’s book Agatha Christie and the Eleven Missing Days. Production credits include Serena Films, Animus Films and Green Light Pictures among others; Fortitude International is handling international sales while Range Select represents U.S. rights.
Christie vanished in December 1926 at the height of her fame, an episode that briefly dominated headlines and drew public figures into the hunt for answers — most famously Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Historians and biographers have long debated what happened: some point to a car accident and subsequent memory loss, while others suggest a dissociative or fugue state triggered by personal trauma.
Why this adaptation matters now
Adaptations of historical enigmas can shift public perception by foregrounding new evidence or reframing familiar facts. By filtering the episode through a noir investigation and centering a continental detective, the film promises to examine both the cultural moment that turned Christie into tabloid fodder and the human dimensions of a widely speculated disappearance.
Filming is scheduled to start later this week in the UK. No release date has been announced, and producers have not disclosed full character details for all cast members.
Key production contacts and representation include the film’s producers Tatiana Kelly (Serena Films), Jim Young (Animus Films), Lucas Jarach (Green Light Pictures) and sales partner Fortitude International. Major talent agencies attached to principal cast members were also listed by production sources.
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