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“A Haunting in Venice” Editor Lucy Donaldson on Cutting Hercule Poirot’s Crisis of Confidence

Kenneth Branagh is back as director and star with his latest Agatha Christie film adaptation, A Haunting in Venice, based on Christie’s novel “Hallowe’en Party.” As with his other adaptations, A Haunting in Venice is a who-done-it in which a great cast joins Branagh’s twisted tale, which in the latest installment includes Tina Fey, Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Dornan, and Kelly Reilly. 

Branagh once again plays famed Belgian detective Hercule Poirot,

By Leslie Combemale  |  September 18, 2023

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How “A Haunting in Venice” Production Designer John Paul Kelly Built a Possessed Venetian Palazzo

There’s a chilling haunt in Kenneth Branagh’s latest Agatha Christie adaptation of famed detective Hercule Poirot that will make the hair on the back of your neck tingle.

Following the success of Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile, this third whodunit sinks into darker waters and unravels a tale along the canals of Venice where the crime solver is asked by friend and author Ardiane Oliver (Tina Fey) to attend a séance with her to prove that the medium (Michelle Yeoh) performing the spiritual ritual is a fake.

By Daron James  |  September 13, 2023
“A Haunting in Venice” Trailer Finds Hercules Poirot Thrust Into a Terrifying Mystery

Hercules Poirot is back, although the weary detective was trying to live a quiet life in Venice.

The official trailer for director/star Kenneth Branagh’s A Haunting in Venice has arrived, finding Poirot (Branagh) trying to live a quiet life in the gorgeous, water-riven Italian city. It’s All Hallow’s Eve in Venice, World War II has ended, and Poirot agrees—not happily—to attend a séance. You know what happens anytime Poirot joins a gathering,

By The Credits  |  July 19, 2023
Tina Fey, Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Dornan & More Join Kenneth Branagh’s 3rd Hercule Poirot Film

Kenneth Branagh is slipping back into a dual role that he’s come to know inside and out—directing and starring in his third Hercule Poirot murder mystery for 20th Century Studios. A Haunting in Venice will make the esteemed performer and auteur’s Agatha Christie adaptations a proper trilogy, and he’s bringing along another A-list cast of suspects to populate his whodunit.

Following Branagh’s first two Christie adaptations, Murder on the Orient Express (2017) and Death on the Nile (2022), 

By The Credits  |  October 11, 2022