More A-list actors have been confirmed to join "Murder on the Orient Express" ensemble cast. This film adaptation of the 1934 Agatha Christie novel has so far gathered some of the biggest stars in Hollywood including Johnny Depp, Daisy Ridley, Judi Dench, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Michael Pena to outshine Sidney Lumet's 1974 version.
Lumet's version has made a mark in mystery-thriller-drama filmmaking as its creation was a star-studded affair, which featured then big stars including Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Bisset, Sean Connery, Anthony Perkins, and Vanessa Redgrave.
Lucy Boynton, Tom Bateman, Derek Jacobi, and Leslie Odom Jr. are reportedly joining the cast as well. Kenneth Branagh will direct and also star in the movie as detective Hercule Poirot. Recent reports revealed Angelina Jolie was in negotiations in June to also star in the film, but has since disapproved of a role in the remake.
"Murder on the Orient Express" Remake Film
"Murder on the Orient Express" is a 20th Century Fox film yet to start production and its story is based on Christie's 1934 novel. The movie follows the mystery that unfolds when a passenger of the Orient Express train is killed while on board. The assigned detective to the crime, Hercule Poirot, realizes the murderer is still on board. But as Poirot sets out to find the suspect, he discovers that several other passengers had their own reasons to want Ratchett, the victim, dead.
Depp will play the role of Ratchett, the murder victim. Pfeiffer will play Mrs. Hubbard, a glamorous and outspoken passenger. Other stars like Odom will appear as Dr. Arbuthnot; Ridley will be Mary Debenham, who is in love with Arbuthnot; Dench plays the Russian princess Dragomiroff role; and Peña will be Marquez, a Cuban passenger. Also starring are Tom Bateman as Bouc, Poirot's friend; Derek Jacobi as Masterman; and Lucy Boynton as Countess Andrenyi.
Filming of "Murder on the Orient Express" is yet to start this November in London. Michael Green writes the screenplay, while Branagh is producing with Ridley Scott, Simon Kinberg, Mark Gordon, Aditya Sood, Michael Schaefer, and Judy Hofflund.
The "Murder on the Orient Express" remake is scheduled to arrive in cinemas on Nov. 22, 2017.
