Budding detectives and fans of mystery movies, get out your notebooks and get ready to take notes: a new investigation awaits you this Friday, February 16 on Disney+. Released in cinemas in 2022, the police comedy Coup de Theater is now available for streaming on the platform.
While numerous adaptations of Agatha Christie’s novels, such as Murder on the Orient Express or Mystery in Venice, have come to light in recent years, one of her works in particular has given a hard time to those seeking to bring it. Big screen. The play has been performed in London since 1952 Mousetrap
(Mousetrap in the original version) was never adapted for cinema and for good reason.Indeed, as stipulated in the clause in the contract signed by producer John Woolf to acquire the rights in 1956, such a project could only see the light of day six months after the play’s completion… which to date has had the highest number of consecutive worldwide performances since its creation. And he has never left the stage (except for a few months due to the Covid-19 pandemic)!
To overcome this major obstacle, producer Damian Jones and his team opted for a totally meta story while reveling in this unusual situation, playing with the codes of the great Agatha Christie-style mysteries. Thus, the film takes place during the 100th performance of The Mousetrap in the West End in the 1950s.
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Leo Copernicus, a visiting Hollywood director to prepare a film adaptation of the play in question, was found murdered. Taking charge of the investigation, Inspector Stoppard and Agent Stalker find themselves immersed in the heart of both the glamorous and obscure behind-the-scenes investigation of the theatre. They will try to solve this very mysterious crime at their own peril…
The story is brought to the screen by an extraordinary cast: Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan in the roles of the two inspectors, along with Adrien Brody, Ruth Wilson, Harris Dickinson, David Oyelowo and Reece Shearsmith.
There are many good reasons to now (re)discover Tom George’s comedy, Coup de Theater, on Disney+.