‘Death On The Nile’ Trailer: ‘Murder’ Was Just The Beginning For Kenneth Branagh’s Mustachioed Detective
Kenneth Branaghis back on the case inDeath on the Nile, the follow-up to the filmmaker’s hit 2017 Agatha Christie adaptationMurder on the Orient Express. ButMurderwas just the beginning for Branagh’s mustachioed detective Hercule Poirot, who finds himself solving a mystery aboard a glamorous Egyptian river steamer with the sexiest cast of suspects, includingGal Gadot, Armie Hammer,Annette Bening,Rose Leslie,Letitia Wright, and more. Watch theDeath on the Niletrailer below.
Death on the Nile Trailer
Were Agatha Christie whodunnits always this steamy? And I’m not talking the river steamer aboard which the murder occurs, but the steamy love affairs and rudely attractive cast members ofDeath on the Nile, which follows the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot as his Egyptian vacation is interrupted by murder.
The first trailer forDeath on the Nileleans into the beauty of its star-studded cast — which includes Tom Bateman, Annette Bening, Russell Brand, Ali Fazal, Dawn French, Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Rose Leslie, Emma Mackey, Sophie Okonedo, Jennifer Saunders, and Letitia Wright — honing in on a love triangle involving Gadot and Hammer. There are plenty of sensual make-out scenes and shots of flowing backless dresses, makingDeath on the Nilefeel much more adult than the 2017 box office hitMurder on the Orient Express. It’s a good trailer to pique the viewers' interest, until it ends with the announcement that Disney intends to releaseDeath on the Nilein U.S. theatersthisOctober. They might be taking the tagline “murder was just the beginning” a little too literally.
Written by Michael Green,Death on the Nileadapts from Christie’s novel, and is produced by Ridley Scott, Mark Gordon, Simon Kinberg, Kenneth Branagh, Judy Hofflund and Kevin J. Walsh. Matthew Jenkins, James Prichard and Matthew Prichard are serving as executive producers onDeath on the Nile.
Here is the synopsis forDeath on the Nile:
Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot’s Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple’s idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short. Set against an epic landscape of sweeping desert vistas and the majestic Giza pyramids, this tale of unbridled passion and incapacitating jealousy features a cosmopolitan group of impeccably dressed travelers, and enough wicked twists and turns to leave audiences guessing until the final, shocking denouement.
Death on the Nileis slated to open in U.S. theatersOctober 23, 2020.
