Everyone is a suspect.
Published in 1934, Agatha Christie’s mystery novel Murder on the Orient Express was first adapted for the big screen by Sidney Lumet in 1974, and most recently got a made-for-TV adaptation in 2001. Now, over 80 years after being published, the novel gets a brand new adaptation from director Kenneth Branagh and producer Ridley Scott.
The trailer for Branagh’s Murder on the Orient Express just hit today, and it introduces the cast of characters aboard the titular train. One of them is a killer. But which one?
In the film…
What starts out as a lavish train ride through Europe quickly unfolds into one of the most stylish, suspenseful and thrilling mysteries ever told. From the novel by best selling author Agatha Christie, “Murder on the Orient Express” tells the tale of thirteen strangers stranded on a train, where everyone’s a suspect. One man must race against time to solve the puzzle before the murderer strikes again.
Tom Bateman, Kenneth Branagh, Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Josh Gad, Derek Jacobi, Leslie Odom, Jr., Michelle Pfeiffer, Daisy Ridley, Marwan Kenzari, Olivia Colman, Lucy Boynton, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo and Sergei Polunin star.
The mystery begins on November 10th.
