Gal Gadot and Armie Hammer are set to star in Death on the Nile, the follow-up to last year’s successful Agatha Christie adaptation Murder on the Orient Express.
Kenneth Branagh returns to direct and star as master detective Hercule Poirot, and Orient Express scribe Michael Green is back to adapt.20th Century Fox is eyeing a mid-2019 production start and already has set a December 20, 2019, release date for Death on the Nile, which Christie published in 1937. The book’s plot centers on Poirot investigating a murder during a luxurious cruise on the Nile River that he just happens to be on. But just as he identifies a motley collection of would-be killers, several of the suspects also meet their demise, which only deepens the mystery.
Gadot will play Linnet Ridgeway Doyle, a rich heiress while Hammer has been set for the male lead in the adaptation.
Fox’s Murder on the Orient Express, released in November 2017, grossed $352.8 million worldwide. Its stacked ensemble included Penelope Cruz, Daisy Ridley, Johnny Depp, Judi Dench, Olivia Colman, Josh Gad, Willem Dafoe, and Leslie Odom Jr among others. Death on the Nile is likely to feature a similar all-star cast.
