Edward Bluemel is to star in the new mystery series, "Hercule." Photo by Jonathan Ford/Mammoth
June 9 (UPI) -- My Lady Jane and Castlevania: Nocturne star Edward Bluemel has signed on to play iconic Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in a new adaptation of Agatha Christie's mystery novels.
The show will air on the BBC in the United Kingdom and stream on BritBox in North America.
"The series is an intimate study of Hercule the man and an epic portrait of Britain between the wars," a press release said.
"The series takes a magnifying glass to three of Christie's most celebrated stories, while also charting Hercule's burgeoning friendship with Captain Arthur Hastings, his early encounters with Scotland Yard's James Japp, and introducing him to one particular nemesis."
