“A passenger has died. He was murdered. The murderer is on the train with us now. And everyone’s a suspect. So let us catch a killer.”
Kenneth Branagh is famed detective Hercule Poirot in the second trailer for the remake of Murder on the Orient Express, released online this week.
‘The new trailer shows us more of the star-studded cast of Orient Express passengers, including Johnny Depp, Judi Dench, Willem Defoe, Penelope Cruz, Daisy Ridley, Josh Gad, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tom Bateman, Leslie Odom Jr., and Olivia Coleman.
The updated film is a remake of Sidney Lumen’s 1974 classic, which was itself based on the mystery novel by Agatha Christie.
Five-time Oscar nominee Branagh directs off of a screenplay by Michael Green, with Ridley Scott producing.
20th Century Fox releases Murder on the Orient Express on November 10.
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