Fox is Developing a Sequel to MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS Called DEATH ON THE NILE
It's been revealed that Twentieth Century Fox is developing a sequel to Murder on the Orient Express and that sequel will be based on Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile. The studio has haired Orient Express screenwriter Michael Green to write the script for the film.
Director Kenneth Branagh is expected to return to helm the film and he will reprise his role of detective Hercule Poirot. I actually really enjoyed Murder on the Orient Express and I'm happy to hear that we will be getting another film in the franchise.
Death on the Nile was published in 1937, and the plot "places Poirot on a vacation in Egypt, discovering a murder on the Nile River as a result of a love triangle gone bad." I'm sure that the studio will once again bring together an all-star cast for the film.
This novel was previously adapted in 1978 and it had an all-star cast of its own that consisted of Peter Ustinov as Poirot, Bette Davis, Mia Farrow, Maggie Smith, Angela Lansbury, George Kennedy, Jane Birkin, Jack Warden, and David Niven.
Did you enjoy Murder on the Orient Express and are you excited to hear that Death on the Nile is going into development?
Source: Variety