#Murder on orient express series#

His friend Bouc, the nephew of the director of the luxury Orient Express train service, arranges a bunk for him to return to London. He has OCD, seeks balance in life, and considers his case-solving ability to spot lies a curse. In 1934, renowned Belgian detective Hercule Poirot solves a theft at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. The film grossed over $351В million worldwide and received mixed to positive reviews from critics, with praise for the performances of the cast and production values, but some criticism for the screenplay and for not adding anything new to previous adaptations.ДЄ sequel, Death on the Nile, is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States on February 11, 2022. Murder on the Orient Express had its world premiere on November 2, 2017, at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and was released theatrically in the United Kingdom on November 3, 2017, and in the United States on November 10, 2017, by 20th Century Fox.

Principal photography began in November 2016 in the United Kingdom it is one of the few productions in recent decades to have used 65В mm film cameras. The plot follows Poirot, a world-renowned detective, as he investigates a murder on the luxury Orient Express train service in the 1930s.

#Murder on orient express series#

The film is the fourth screen adaptation of Christie's novel, following the 1974 film, a 2001 TV film version, and a 2010 episode of the television series Agatha Christie's Poirot. The film stars Branagh as Hercule Poirot, with PenГ©lope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Josh Gad, Derek Jacobi, Leslie Odom Jr., Michelle Pfeiffer, and Daisy Ridley in supporting roles. Murder on the Orient Express is a 2017 mystery film directed by Kenneth Branagh with a screenplay by Michael Green, based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Agatha Christie.