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2. April 2020
in70mm.com newswire/Rumor Mill
"Death On the Nile" -- Kenneth Branagh's eagerly-awaited next 70mm
film is working through post-production. Word is that a well-polished (but
probably not final) version is being seen by a few key executives at
in-house screening rooms (via DCP.) It will be a while yet before the 70mm
prints will be done, since there are always some final "tweaks" to things
like the score and editorial concerns, etc. But it's still (as of now) on
track for an October 9, 2020 opening. One staffer said it looked really
good, which is a real tease for those of us who must wait several months (at
least) to see it.
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2. October 2019
Production on Twentieth Century Fox’s "Death on the Nile", a mystery-thriller
based on the book by Agatha Christie, has begun. The film will shoot at Longcross Studios outside London and on location in Egypt. Death on the Nile
reunites the team of filmmakers behind the 2017 global hit
"Murder on the Orient
Express", based on another celebrated Christie novel. "Death on the
Nile" will be released on October 9, 2020.
Five-time Academy Award® nominee Kenneth Branagh returns as director and
once again stars as famed Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. He is joined by
an all-star cast of suspects which includes: Tom Bateman (who reprises the
role of Bouc from Murder on the Orient Express), four-time Oscar® nominee
Annette Bening (Captain Marvel), Russell Brand (Ballers), Ali Fazal
(Victoria & Abdul), Dawn French (French and Saunders), Gal Gadot (Wonder
Woman), Armie Hammer (Call Me by Your Name), Rose Leslie (Game of Thrones),
Emma Mackey (Sex Education), Sophie Okonedo (The Secret Life of Bees),
Jennifer Saunders (Absolutely Fabulous) and Letitia Wright (Black Panther).
The screenplay for the film, adapted from Christie’s 1937 novel, is once
again written by Michael Green with Ridley Scott, Mark Gordon, Simon Kinberg,
Kenneth Branagh and Judy Hofflund returning as producers. Matthew Jenkins
and James Prichard return as executive producers.
In Death on the Nile, Hercule Poirot’s Egyptian adventure aboard a glamorous
river steamer descends into a terrifying search for a murderer when an
idyllic honeymoon is shattered by violent deaths. This sinister tale of
obsessive love and its murderous consequences plays out in an epic landscape
of danger and foreboding, with enough shocking twists and turns to leave
audiences unsettled and guessing until the final, shocking denouement.
“Crimes of passion are dangerously
sexy,” says Kenneth Branagh. “Agatha Christie has written a riveting
story of emotional chaos and violent criminality and Michael Green has
once again written a screenplay to match. With a cherished group of
long-time artistic collaborators and a brilliant international cast, it
is truly a pleasure to join Disney, Fox and Agatha Christie, Ltd. in
bringing this daring thriller to the big screen. There are significant
new twists, an awe-inspiring desert landscape and a chance to celebrate
big screen entertainment in glorious 65 millimetre celluloid!”
Twentieth Century Fox will release “Death on the Nile” on October 9, 2020. |
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11. February 2022
"Murder on the Orient
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