The actress, who recently won the BAFTA Rising Star Award following her performance in How to Have Sex<\/a>, will play Bundle, the show\u2019s lead and a young, determined sleuth.<\/p>\n She will be joined in the series by Helena Bonham Carter (The Crown<\/a>) as Lady Caterham and Martin Freeman (The Responder<\/a>) as Battle, while further casting is yet to be announced.<\/p>\n McKenna-Bruce said: \u201cChris Chibnall\u2019s scripts are brilliant, and I am thrilled to be part of this new interpretation of the iconic Agatha Christie\u2019s storytelling.\u201d<\/p>\n The official synopsis for the series, which is set in 1925 England, says: \u201cAt a lavish country house party, a practical joke appears to have gone horribly, murderously wrong.<\/p>\n \u201cIt will be up to the unlikeliest of sleuths \u2013 the fizzingly inquisitive Lady Eileen \u2018Bundle\u2019 Brent \u2013 to unravel a chilling plot that will change her life, cracking wide open the country house mystery.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cA witty, epic and fast-paced drama from the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, is brought to life in a thrilling new version for Netflix.\u201d<\/p>\n The Seven Dials Mystery will begin filming this summer, and will mark Chibnall\u2019s first project since he stepped down as Doctor Who showrunner.<\/p>\n His final episode of the sci-fi series, The Power of the Doctor, aired in 2022, before Russell T Davies took over with 2023\u2019s The Star Beast.<\/p> The Seven Dials Mystery isn\u2019t the only Agatha Christie adaptation on the way this year \u2013 the BBC also has a new adaptation of Towards Zero<\/a> on the way, which will star Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ella Lily Hyland and Anjelica Huston.<\/p>\n The Seven Dials Mystery will stream on Netflix. 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