Tom Jolliffe looks at the fascination with origin stories… Film and TV have long had a burning desire to milk popular characters or franchises for all they’re worth. If it works and audiences respond to it, then logic dictates that more adventures must follow. It could be sequels, spinoffs, reboots (with iconic character played by […]
More Kenneth Branagh Agatha Christie adaptations incoming with third Poirot movie already written
Having been delayed for multiple reasons, Kenneth Branagh’s Agatha Christie sequel Death on the Nile finally set sail to middling reviews (read our take here) and so-so box-office ($103M worldwide), but it appears it’s enough for 20th Century Studios money-men to confirm further mysteries for Hercule Poirot to solve on the big-screen. During an interview […]
Death on the Nile rides choppy waters to top the box office, while Uncharted mines $21.5 million overseas
Death on the Nile, Kenneth Branagh’s follow-up to 2017’s $353M grossing Murder on the Orient Express, sailed the choppy waters of a pandemic delay, lacklustre reviews, a problematic cast, and Super Bowl Sunday, to top the U.S. box-office with $12.6M. Hoping to fare better during a weekend dominated by the Super Bowl, Paramount decided to […]
Movie Review – Death on the Nile (2022)
Death on the Nile, 2022. Directed by Kenneth Branagh. Starring Kenneth Branagh, Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Russell Brand, Tom Bateman, Annette Bening, Ali Fazal, Dawn French, Rose Leslie, Emma Mackey, Sophie Okonedo, Jennifer Saunders, Letitia Wright, Adam Garcia, Orlando Seale, Michael Rouse, Susannah Fielding, and Rick Warden. SYNOPSIS: Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot’s Egyptian vacation aboard […]
Hercule Poirot gets to know who’s who in Death on the Nile clip
Death on the Nile‘s journey to the big-screen has been one beset by the stormy waters of a global pandemic and cast controversy, but now we’re a little over a week away from Kenneth Branagh’s sequel docking in cinemas, and so Disney and 20th Century Studios have a released a clip so that you can […]
Death on the Nile gets a new trailer and character posters
With just a month to go until the delayed release of Death on the Nile, a new trailer has been released for the Agatha Christie adaptation along with a batch of character posters featuring stars Kenneth Branagh, Gal Gadot, Annette Bening, Emma Mackey, Ali Fazal, Letitia Wright, and Tom Bateman. Check them out here… Belgian […]
Kenneth Branagh’s Hercule Poirot returns in new Death on the Nile trailer
20th Century Studios has released a new poster and trailer for Death on the Nile, the follow-up to Kenneth Branagh’s 2017 Agatha Christie adaptation Murder on the Orient Express which sees the director also returning to the role of the legendary Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, who finds himself investigating another murder while on vacation on […]
Gal Gadot confirms that Joss Whedon threatened her career, comments on Armie Hammer allegations
Having to deal with questions about drama concerning directors and actors you know is no easy task, but actress and producer Gal Gadot handled this with great class in a recent interview with Israeli news outlet N12. During the interview, Gadot opened about the recent story about 2017’s Justice League director Joss Whedon threatening her […]
Armie Hammer dropped from Billion Dollar Spy, but not Death on the Nile
Having already exited the action rom-com Shotgun Wedding, Paramount+’s The Godfather making of event series The Offer, actor Armie Hammer has now departed another two projects after the social media scandal surrounding the star escalated into an official Los Angeles Police Department investigation into claims of rape and sexual assault. Deadline is reporting that Hammer, […]
Disney shuffles release dates, moves Black Widow, Cruella to Disney+ with Premier Access
The move has felt as inevitable as Thanos in the MCU, but Black Widow has finally fallen to Disney+. The latest Marvel Studios film, the first solo outing for Scarlett Johansson’s character, will now debut on the streamer while it also opens in theaters. This move comes with a slight delay as Black Widow will […]
