“Death on the Nile” is the second, after “Murder on the Orient Express”, adaptation of Agatha Christie’s crime novel by Kenneth Branagh, which he produced with, among others Ridley Scott. Filming for the film began in September 2019 and ended literally just before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. The film was supposed to be released shortly thereafter.
After two years, “Death on the Nile” is finally going to be released in cinemas
The premiere of the production has already been postponed several times – first for epidemiological reasons, and then a scandal around the starring player broke out.In 2021, the actor was accused of sexual harassment: rape, inconsensual BDSM practices, as well as emotional and physical abuse of partners. Hammer denied these reports, described it as an “Internet attack” – as a result, most contracts were terminated with him, the agency and the agent severed their cooperation with the actor.
The epidemiological situation calmed down so much that the producers decided to finally release “Death on the Nile” to theaters – the new official release date is February 11, 2022. This information is also accompanied by a fresh production trailer:
The novel on which the script was based was published in 1937. The famous detective Hercules Poirot (played by Branagh himself) is going on vacation to Egypt. There he gets on board a luxury steamboat, which he travels with a cosmopolitan group of extremely worldly and very elegant fellow passengers along the shores of the longest river in the world. However, he will not be able to take advantage of the vacation: it just so happens that a young couple during their honeymoon is also on the travel list. Someone is disturbed by this idyll, and Poirot must find the murderer.
In addition to Kenneth Branagh returning as the famous detective Hercules Poirot, the film stars Tom Bateman, four Oscar-nominated Annette Bening, Russell Brand, Ali Fazal, Dawn French, Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Rose Leslie, Emma Mackey, Sophie Okonedo, Jennifer Saunders and Letitia Wright. On the set, the film crew responsible for the global hit of 2017, entitled Murder at the Orient Express. The screenplay is from the novel by Christie by Michael Green. The producers of the film are Ridley Scott, Kenneth Branagh, pga, Judy Hofflund, pga and Kevin J. Walsh, with Mark Gordon, Simon Kinberg, Matthew Jenkins, and James Prichard and Mathew Prichard taking on the role of executive producers.
Source: Gazeta
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