'Death on the Nile' is the newest adaptation of Agatha Christie's mystery story, however is it a sequel? Or is it a remake? Here's what we all know thus far.
Upcoming mystery-thriller film Death on the Nile marks director Kenneth Branagh's 2d adaptation of the classic Agatha Christie thriller. The star-studded yet debatable cast has already generated online buzz, but many fans are curious if the movie is a direct sequel to 2017's Murder on the Orient Express. Or is Death on the Nile a remake of the 1978 movie of the same name?
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Read on for the entirety we know about 2022's Death on the Nile, including its release date and forged controversies.
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Is 'Death on the Nile' a sequel or a remake?
In 2017, in a while after the liberate of Murder on the Orient Express, director and actor Kenneth Branagh expressed enthusiasm for the thought of an "Agatha Christie cinematic universe."
Branagh advised Associated Press, "I think there are possibilities, aren't there? With 66 books and short stories and plays, she — and she often brings people together in her own books actually, so innately — she enjoyed that," he says. "You feel as though there is a world — just like with Dickens, there's a complete world that she's created — certain kinds of characters who live in her world — that I think has real possibilities."
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The 2022 adaptation of Death on the Nile is the 3rd time the tale has been adapted for the screen, with the first being a 1978 film starring Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot. There was additionally a 2004 adaptation of the tale that aired as an episode of Agatha Christie's Poirot. The movie sees the go back of Kenneth Branagh as Hercule Poirot and Tom Bateman as Poirot's buddy Bouc.
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As it turns out, Death on the Nile is each a sequel and a remake. Per Vox, a remake is defined as a new movie that intently resembles the unique, with room for a few modern updates. Death on the Nile is a direct follow-up or sequel to 2017's Murder on the Orient Express, as glaring in the return of familiar characters performed by means of the same actors.
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When is the 'Death on the Nile' unlock date?
Death on the Nile has been rescheduled several occasions. The first time, the movie was once moved due to the coronavirus pandemic. The initial liberate date was December 2019 however shifted to October 2020. After the sexual assault allegations in opposition to Armie Hammer become public wisdom, the studio pushed Death on the Nile again once more to imagine re-shooting Hammer's scenes with a different actor.
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Unfortunately, the company in the end made up our minds to transport ahead with the movie leaving Hammer as one of the lead characters. Armie Hammer is now not the best Death on the Nile cast member to generate controversy in contemporary weeks. Letitia Wright also stars in Death on the Nile, and her openly anti-vaccination stance all through the pandemic has ended in many fans asking for she go out Black Panther.
Death on the Nile is currently scheduled to be released in theaters on Feb. 11, 2022.
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