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Watch the new trail­er for Mur­der on the Ori­ent Express

01 Jun 2017

Words by Adam Woodward

A sneak peek of how Ken­neth Branagh has brought this clas­sic Agatha Christie text to life once more.

You do have to ask your­self – would the great­est detec­tive in the world intro­duce them­selves as the great­est detec­tive in the world? Sure­ly he would have enough mod­esty to allow oth­ers to make that adjudication?

Any­way, Ken­neth Branagh stars in a directs this fruity look­ing mur­der mys­tery ripped from the pages of Agatha Christie’s clas­sic text in which a lux­u­ry train trip comes to a crash­ing halt when one of the pas­sen­gers is mur­dered. A car­riage full of A‑list sus­pects remains, with John­ny Depp don­ning a pen­cil mous­tache to reprise his beloved role of Mortdecai.

From this first trail­er, it looks to be a lav­ish, big-bud­get romp for all the fam­i­ly, even if the long track­ing sequence in the mid­dle does feel very the­atri­cal. Yet, it seems from the square-on shots through mov­ing train win­dows that Branagh has clear­ly tak­ing some top direct­ing tips from the mas­ter of cap­tur­ing trains on film, Wes Anderson.

Daisy Rid­ley, Michelle Pfeif­fer, Pene­lope Cruz, Josh Gad, Michael Peña, Judi Dench, Leslie Odom Jr, Derek Jaco­bi all star, but we’re most excit­ed about the fact that the great Olivia Col­man is get­ting a big bud­get run-out. The film is released in UK cin­e­mas on 3 Novem­ber this year.

Two illustrated book covers depicting a smiling Black man wearing a hat and tie, with a city skyline in the background

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