Entertainment One has acquired TV rights for adventure novel “They Came to Baghdad” by Agatha Christie. Carolyn Newman and Polly Williams will oversee the project for Entertainment One. James Prichard and Basi Akpabio are set to serve as executive producers of the series on behalf of Agatha Christie Limited. Entertainment One will serve as the studio on the series, and will also handle international rights. First published in 1951, “They Came to Baghdad” tells the story of Victoria Jones, whose ability to spin a good yarn gets her from place to place and keeps her employed, even if it’s only for a short stint at a time. After getting fired, a chance encounter with a stranger sees Victoria set her sights on the Middle East and she earns passage as a travel companion to a woman of wealth. In Baghdad, she encounters a small circle of ex-patriots. But things get complicated when a man on the run dies in her hotel room and she becomes entangled in a conspiracy implicating a new order of elitists trying to manipulate global politics.

一个会妖术的奸相贾法，用阴谋诡计把巴格达城的阿麦王拘禁起来，然后自号为王。阿麦后来得到同牢的小神阿菩相助而逃走。贾法为了得到公主，把阿麦变成瞎子，并把阿菩变成一条狗。最后得巨人相助，终于射杀贾法，让阿麦重新成为巴格达城的国王。导演手法相当统一流畅，而且对光影的运用别有一手。此外，本片有很多建筑宏伟的布景和模型，运用起来都很恰当，交互剪接之后也没有什么明显的破绽。