Costume Designer Alexandra Byrne Creates Sinful Style in Murder on the Orient Express
The lavish train ride of Murder on the Orient Express, the 1934 Agatha Christie mystery that ranks among the writer’s most culturally iconic novels, makes its second movie adaption premiere today (the first came out in 1974), at the hands of director Kenneth Brannagh. In recreating the world of Hercule Poirot, the fictional dapper detective ...
Go Behind-the-Scenes of Murder on the Orient Express
Director/star Kenneth Branagh’s Murder on the Orient Express is a beautiful caper that looks as lavish as the train on which the action takes place. This adaptation from Agatha Christie’s 1934 novel (Sidney Lumet’s version from 1974 is worth a watch as well) was shot on film, which Branagh explains in this new behind-the-scenes featurette was his ...
Fall Read/Watch List: Check out These Books Before Their Cinematic Adaptations Arrive
Each year, there are a wide variety of new films that have been adapted from novels, biographies and memoirs. In 2017 alone, disparate movies like Fifty Shades Darker, The Shack, A Dog’s Purpose, The Zookeeper’s Wife and The Dark Tower were adapted from books. These films had little in common other than the commonality of ...
Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer & Daisy Ridley Join Murder on the Orient Express
Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeifer and Daisy Ridley are joining director Kenneth Branagh's Agatha Christie adaptation Murder on the Orient Express. The seminal mystery novel has been adapted twice before, once in 1974 by legendary director Sidney Lumet, and again in 2001. With Branagh behind the lens, 20th Century Fox's latest take on Christie's unsettling tale of Belgian detective Hercule ...
