From left: Jamie Dornan, Michelle Yeoh, Kenneth Branagh, Tina Fey.Photo: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic; Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty; Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic; Jim Spellman/Getty
Kenneth Branaghis keeping the Hercule Poirot train running.
The Oscar winner is helming and reprising his role as the detective in the upcomingA Haunting in Venice, his third Poirot film, 20th Century Studios announced Monday. Out next year, the supernatural thriller will also starTina Fey,Jamie Dornan,Michelle Yeoh, Kyle Allen, Camille Cottin, Ali Khan, Emma Laird, Kelly Reilly, Riccardo Scamarcio and Jude Hill, who starred in Branagh’sBelfastalongside Dornan.
The murder mystery is based on the Agatha Christie novelHallowe’en Party.
According toVariety, Branagh, 61, said, “This is a fantastic development of the character Hercule Poirot, as well as the Agatha Christie franchise. Based on a complex, little known tale of mystery set at Halloween in a pictorially ravishing city, it is an amazing opportunity for us, as filmmakers, and we are relishing the chance to deliver something truly spine-chilling for our loyal movie audiences.”
Kenneth Branagh inMurder on the Orient Express(2017).20th Century Fox
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Branagh first played the iconic character in 2017’sMurder on the Orient Express, which featured an ensemble cast of Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Daisy Ridley, Judi Dench, Lucy Boynton, Leslie Odom Jr., Josh Gad, Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Olivia Colman and more.
Then,earlier this year,Death on the Niledebuted in theaters. That stars Gal Gadot, Russell Brand, Annette Bening, Armie Hammer, Rose Leslie, Emma Mackey, Tom Bateman, Sophie Okonedo, Letitia Wright and more.Death on the Nileis now streaming on HBO Max and Hulu.
President of 20th Century Studios Steve Asbell toldThe Hollywood Reporterback in March that another Poirot sequel was on the way.
source: people.com
