Hercule Poirot: Last News

Death on the Nile at Arena Stage, locally-based legend Ken Ludwig pinpoints the tempestuous heart of one of the writer’s most popular mysteries, originally published in 1937. Excising some characters from the book, and inventing or reinventing others, Ludwig nails the frenzied love triangle that propels the story, set aboard the steamship Karnak cruising the Nile.Hana Sharif — directing her first Arena production since boarding as company artistic director in 2023 — populates the Karnak’s passenger list with an effective cast, starting with Armando Durán as famed Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot.Poirot doesn’t do much actual detecting in this iteration, as opposed to being just shrewdly observant, as usual, but Durán aptly conveys his authority as a solver of crimes.

Naman Ramachandran Disney’s Agatha Christie adaptation “A Haunting in Venice” stayed atop the U.K. and Ireland box office for the second successive weekend with £1.4 million ($1.8 million), per numbers from Comscore. The film, directed by Kenneth Branagh, where he plays detective Hercule Poirot, now has a total of £4.9 million after two weekends in release.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter It’s another close race at the box office. The Warner Bros. thriller “The Nun II” is projected to ever-so-slightly outpace the competition with $14.7 million in its second weekend.

Jordan Moreau Kenneth Branagh is suiting up as Detective Hercule Poirot once again, with the actor-director’s latest movie, “A Haunting in Venice,” opening in theaters this weekend. The 20th Century Studios movie made $1.2 million in Thursday previews at the box office. The supernatural whodunnit is expected to open between $13 million and $15 million, which would land it between the franchise’s previous two entries, “Murder on the Orient Express” from 2017 and last year’s “Death on the Nile.” All three movies are based on Agatha Christie’s murder mystery novels, with the first “Murder on the Orient Express” standing as the most successful with a $28.6 million opening.

I was the poor schlub who was about to be killed. But, while “Murder On The Orient Express” and “Death On The Nile” were hack-job excuses to force as many disparate and ghastly celebrities onscreen as possible, “Haunting” is an actual, surefooted film with strong performances and a luxurious-yet-frightful tone.Running time: 103 minutes. Rated PG-13 (some strong violence, disturbing images and thematic elements.) In theaters Sept.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter “A Haunting in Venice,” Kenneth Branagh’s latest cinematic take on Agatha Christie’s library of murder mystery novels, is expected to spook the box office competition. It’s targeting a soft $13 million to $15 million in its North American debut. Those ticket sales will likely be enough to claim the No.

Kenneth Branagh is opening up about his upcoming movie, A Haunting In Venice, and revealed that he wanted to keep the movie as scary as possible – even for the cast.

The chilling trailer for 20th Century Studios’ “A Haunting in Venice” has arrived.

The full length trailer for A Haunting in Venice is finally here…and this might be the scariest detective Hercule Poirot film yet.

Kenneth Branagh is back as Detective Hercule Poirot in the new film A Haunting in Venice, which he is also directing.

Disney showed off a spooky new trailer for Kenneth Branagh’s latest Agatha Christie adaptation, A Haunting in Venice here at CinemaCon today. The ensemble murder mystery begins international rollout on September 14 and hits North America on September 15. There’s been some speculation it could world premiere at the Venice Film Festival ahead of that.

Could Hercule Poirot be headed to this year’s Venice Film Festival?

Actor-director Kenneth Branagh is starting to put his cast together for his third Hecule Poirot movie, A Haunting in Venice.Branagh will return to the helm and star as Detective Hercule Poirot in the 20th Century Studios film, assembling a cast that includes Tina Fey, Jamie Dornan, Michelle Yeoh, Kyle Allen, Camille Cottin, Jude Hill, Ali Khan, Emma Laird, Kelly Reilly and Riccardo Scamarico, via Variety.The project will begin production in November at Pinewood Studios in London with location work in Venice, Italy, with 20th Century Studios setting a 2023 release date. New cast: Actor-director Kenneth Branagh is starting to put his cast together for his third Hecule Poirot movie, A Haunting in Venice New cast: Branagh will return to the helm and star as Detective Hercule Poirot in the 20th Century Studios film, assembling a cast that includes Tina Fey, Jamie Dornan, Michelle Yeoh, Kyle Allen, Camille Cottin, Jude Hill, Ali Khan, Emma Laird, Kelly Reilly and Riccardo Scamarico, via Variety  Production: The project will begin production in November at Pinewood Studios in London with location work in Venice, Italy, with 20th Century Studios setting a 2023 release dateThe story will be adapted from Agatha Christie's 1969 novel Hallowe'en Party, set in post-World War II Venice on All Hallows Eve.The story follows Poirot who is now retired and living in self-imposed exile, before he is lured in to solve yet another mystery.

Kenneth Branagh will be returning as detective Hercule Poirot for his third film in the Agatha Christie series.

Kenneth Branagh has set another A-list ensemble for his next Agatha Christie adaptation with Kyle Allen, Camille Cottin, Jamie Dornan, Tina Fey, Jude Hill, Ali Khan, Emma Laird, Kelly Reilly, Riccardo Scamarico and Michelle Yeoh joining the cast of A Haunting In Venice for 20th Century. Branagh is set to reprise his role as Inspector Hercule Poirot and will also return to direct the pic. Michael Green adapted the script, which is based on Christie’s Hallowe’en Party, with production currently under way at Pinewood Studios outside of London.

Naman Ramachandran Sony’s “Uncharted” remained atop the U.K. and Ireland box office for the second weekend in a row, while Universal’s “Sing 2” maintained its strong showing.“Uncharted,” featuring a galaxy of stars including Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg and Antonio Banderas, collected £3.7 million ($5.1 million) in its second weekend and now has a total of £12.1 million, according to numbers released by Comscore.In second place, animated sequel “Sing 2,” with an array of voice actors including Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon and Scarlett Johansson also performed strongly during school half-term holidays in the territory and collected £3.1 million.

Murder on the Orient Express,” a miserable, poorly cast, sleepy take on the author’s most famous novel. Bad on its own terms, the film was made even worse by the fact that Sidney Lumet’s superb 1974 version, starring Lauren Bacall, Sean Connery, Ingrid Bergman and Albert Finney, is a screen classic.Running time: 127 minutes. Rated PG-13 (violence, some bloody images, and sexual material).

With just four days until it hits theaters, the first wave of reviews have come in for 20th Century Studios' Death on the Nile, an adaptation of Agatha Christie's 1937 novel of the same name.Kenneth Branagh returns both as a director and as Detective Hercule Poirot, a role he reprises from 2017's Murder on the Orient Express, which he also directed.The first 52 reviews were posted on Rotten Tomatoeson Monday, earning a 'Fresh' 69% rating, as critics praised Branagh's acting and directing, though had issues with the pacing. First wave:With just four days until it hits theaters, the first wave of reviews have come in for 20th Century Studios' Death on the Nile, an adaptation of Agatha Christie's 1937 novel of the same name Reviews:The first 52 reviews were posted on Rotten Tomatoes on Monday, earning a 'Fresh' 69% rating, as critics praised Branagh's acting and directing, though had issues with the pacingThe adaptation follows Poirot, who, while on vacation on the Nile River in Africa, is tasked with solving the murder of an heiress.Variety's Owen Gleiberman praised Branagh's work as a director, calling the film, 'crisper and craftier' than his Murder on the Orient Express adaptation.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticAgatha Christie was born in 1890, and the heyday of movie adaptations of her novels goes quite a ways back (like, 70 or 80 years). The whole structure and flavor of this sort of delectably engineered whodunit, with its cast of suspects drawn in deliberate broad strokes and its know-it-all detective whose powers of deduction descend directly from Sherlock Holmes, is rooted in the cozy symmetry of the studio-system era.

Bright Road (1953), Robert Wise’s Odds Against Tomorrow (1959), and 1974’s comedy Uptown Saturday Night, which the actor and singer directed. That film, in particular, is notable for its cast, which includes Belafonte, Sidney Poitier, Flip Wilson, Richard Pryor, Calvin Lockhart, Roscoe Lee Browne, and Bill Cosby.Also on the bill, Robert Altman’s 1996 jazz-noir Kansas City, in which Belafonte plays a gangster named “Seldom Seen.” The film also stars Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson, and Steve Buscemi.The channel is also highlighting the innovative independent works of Melvin Van Peebles, a one-man creative force who often starred in, wrote, directed, and composed his films.Of the four entries, the most notable are Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (1971), in which a Black man outruns white police authorities (the score, by Van Peebles, was performed by Earth, Wind & Fire) and Watermelon Man (1970), a renowned social comedy starring Godfrey Cambridge and Estelle Parsons, in which a white bigot wakes up to find his skin has turned Black.Also on tap: The Harder They Come (1972), featuring reggae artist Jimmy Cliff as a singer who faces down corruption in Jamaica’s music industry.

Actor David Suchet finally received his knighthood from Prince William at Windsor Castle on Tuesday, 25 January, after he was forced to miss the original ceremony due to a positive Covid-19 test.The legendary actor, 75, looked smart in a long suit jacket, stripy trousers and a red tie as he attended the ceremony with his wife Sheila Ferris, being knighted by Prince William for his services to drama and charity.The actor, who played Agatha Christie's famous detective Hercule Poirot for almost 25 years, shared how he had tested positive for Covid last month in a now deleted tweet. Sir David revealed on Twitter that he had tested positive for Covid-19 with a lateral flow test and would be taking a PCR test on Wednesday 15 December – the day he was originally supposed to receive the prestigious honour. Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter.