# From Hollywood, "old people suck"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-hollywood-old-people-suck/576498>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 30, 2011, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-hollywood-old-people-suck/576498 "2011-03-30T12:42:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cumberdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-hollywood-old-people-suck/576498/1 "2011-03-30T12:42:38Z")

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> **[Jennifer Garner, Disney to Bring Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple to the Big Screen](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/disney-bring-agatha-christies-miss-171933/)**
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> After months of negotiations, the studio has nabbed movie rights to the character.

So, Hollywood is updating Agatha Christies Mrs. Marple. The person they have chosen to play the role of the little old spinster who is also solves crime in her spare time, is Jennifer Garner.

Of course, this version will have an _edge_ to it.

This is why I very rarely see new releases and almost exclusively watch older movies.

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-hollywood-old-people-suck/576498/2 "2011-03-30T12:49:04Z")

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“Agatha Christie: The writer about Little Old Ladies… who are just about this Little, and just about this Old.”

(Inspired by an old ad for Dubonnet. If you remember the ad, you’re Old.)