This October, Detective Hercule Poirot is making his big return to the movie screen in the most anxiously anticipated film Death on the Nile.
This murder mystery film is based on the 1937 Agatha Christie novel of the same name and is set up as a follow up for the Murder on the Orient Express, which released in 2017.
Continue reading for everything you know about Death on The Nile – including a look at the first official trailer of the murder-mystery movie.
Death on the Nile Release Date
Despite initially being set for a festive release, the film has been brought forward and will now be releasing in the cinemas on 23rd October 2020, two weeks later than had earlier been announced due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Death on the Nile: The Cast
Kenneth Branagh makes his return on the big screen in this movie to play the leading role of detective Hercule Poirot.
Tom Bateman (Vanity Fair) returns for the role of Poirot’s friend Bouc, previously he played the same role in Murder on the Orient Express.
Other cast members in the murder mystery include Gal Gadot (Justice League) as the exotic and gorgeous Linnet Ridgeway-Doyle, comedian Russell Brand (Get Him to the Greek, Forgetting Sarah Marshall) as Dr Bessner and Ali Fazal (Three Idiots, Victoria and Abdul) as Andrew Katchadourian.
Also, comedy duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders both have roles playing characters named Mrs Bowers and Marie Van Schulyer, respectively.
Other members of the cast include Armie Hammer, Rose Leslie, Emma Mackey and Sophie Okonedo.
What is Death on the Nile about?
In the book, Detective Poirot sets himself out on a murder investigation while on holiday in Egypt. He is approached by a socialite, Linnet, who wanted to distract her friend Jacqueline from running after her because she had married Jacqueline’s fiancee.
When Linnet is known to be shot dead while travelling on a steamer up the Nile, on which Detective Poirot is also a passenger, it becomes the detective’s responsibility to find out the murderer. Although Jacqueline is the most obvious suspect, no passenger on the boat is safe from Poirot’s investigation.
Death on The Nile: Trailer
You can have a glimpse of the new film and also get a reminder of Kenneth Branagh’s classic moustache by checking out the official trailer below, which dropped in August 2020.
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