Movies - Death on the Nile: discover the new trailer

By Mulder, 22 december 2021

Discover now the new trailer of the movie Death on the Nile. Embark from February 9, 2022 in theaters for an eventful cruise that marks the new film adaptation of Agatha Christie's best-seller. The previous film was directed in 1978 by John Guillermin and had Peter Ustinov in the role of Poirot. The novel Death on the Nile was published on November 1, 1937 in the United Kingdom, and eight years later, in 1945, in France. We find as in the excellent adaptation The Crime of the Orient-Express (2017) to direct and in the role of Hercule Poirot , Kenneth Branagh.

In 2015, Christie's great-grandson James Prichard, president of Agatha Christie Ltd, expressed his enthusiasm for the sequels, citing the positive collaboration with Branagh and the production team. In May 2017, Branagh expressed interest in further sequels if the first film was a success. On November 20, 2017, it was announced that 20th Century Studios was developing Death on the Nile as a sequel to their version of The Crime of the Orient Express with Michael Green taking over the screenplay and Kenneth Branagh returning to the screen as Hercule Poirot, and behind the screen as director. In September 2018, Gal Gadot joined the cast.  In addition, Paco Delgado was hired to design the costumes. In October 2018, Armie Hammer joined the cast and Tom Bateman was confirmed to reprise his role as Goat for the film. In April 2019, Letitia Wright joined the cast. Russell Brand joined the cast in August 2019. Ali Fazal, Dawn French, Rose Leslie, Emma Mackey, Sophie Okonedo and Jennifer Saunders were added in September.

Principal photography began on September 30, 2019 at Longcross Studios in Surrey, England, and then moved to Egypt for location shoots. Filming was completed on December 18, 2019.

Death on the Nile is a thrilling thriller directed by Kenneth Branagh about an obsessive love with deadly consequences. The film reunites the team behind the worldwide hit 2017 film The Crime of the Orient Express with five-time Oscar-nominated director and actor Kenneth Branagh as the iconic detective Hercule Poirot. He is joined by a cast of suspects including Tom Bateman, four-time Oscar nominee Annette Bening, Russell Brand, Ali Fazal, Dawn French, Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Rose Leslie, Emma Mackey, Sophie Okonedo, Jennifer Saunders and Letitia Wright.  Death on the Nile is written by Michael Green, based on the Agatha Christie mystery novel, and is produced by Kenneth Branagh, p.g.a, Judy Hofflund, p.g.a, Ridley Scott, Mark Gordon, Simon Kinberg and Kevin J. Walsh, with Matthew Jenkins, James Prichard and Matthew Pricharden as executive producers

Synopsis:
While on a luxurious cruise on the Nile, Hercule Poirot's vacation in Egypt turns into a murder hunt when an idyllic honeymoon is brutally interrupted by a series of violent deaths. Against a backdrop of grandiose landscapes but in a disturbing atmosphere fraught with danger, this dark case of obsessive love with murderous consequences will destabilize the certainties of everyone, with a series of twists and turns until the incredible denouement!

Death on the Nile
Directed by Kenneth Branagh
Produced by Kenneth Branagh, Judy Hofflund, Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Mark Gordon, Kevin J. Walsh
Screenplay by Michael Green
Based on the novel Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
Starring Tom Bateman, Annette Bening, Kenneth Branagh, Russell Brand, Ali Fazal, Dawn French, Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Rose Leslie, Emma Mackey, Sophie Okonedo, Jennifer Saunders and Letitia Wright
Music by Patrick Doyle
Director of photography : Haris Zambarloukos
Editing: Úna Ní Dhonghaíle
Production: Scott Free Productions, TSG Entertainment, Kinberg Genre, The Mark Gordon Company
Distribution : 20th Century Studios (USA), The Walt Disney Company France (France)
Release date: February 9, 2022 (France), February 11, 2022 (USA)