Murder on the Orient Express opened in the UK on 3rd November and in the US on 10th November 2017. The Armstrongs paid a huge ransom to the kidnappers, but afterward Daisy was discovered to be already dead. When Daisy was three, she was abducted from her home. The film’s producers include Ridley Scott ( The Martian), Simon Kinberg ( The Martian, X-Men: Days of Future Past) and Mark Gordon ( Steve Jobs), Michael Shaefer and Judy Hofflund and Michael Green (Blade Runner 2, Logan) wrote the screenplay. Daisy Armstrong was the daughter of Colonel Armstrong and Sonia Armstrong, a well-respected and connected American couple. The all-star ensemble cast joining Branagh includes Tom Bateman, Lucy Boynton, Olivia Colman, Penelope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Josh Gad, Manuel Garcia Rulfo, Derek Jacobi, Marwan Kenzari, Leslie Odom Jr, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sergei Polunin and Daisy Ridley. Having concluded a case, detective Hercule Poirot (Albert Finney) settles into what he expects will be a relaxing journey home aboard the Orient Express. World-famous detective Hercule Poirot is headed to London aboard the luxurious Orient Express, a train packed with the most eccentric passengers ever seen. Murder on the Orient Express is directed by BAFTA Award winning director Kenneth Branagh who also takes on the role of Christie’s fictional sleuth, Hercule Poirot. Apart from the fact that it was Zurich, not Paris, all was as it should have been: the cavernous railway station, the smell of trains, the platform bustle, and. Kenneth Branaghs Murder on the Orient Express is less an all-star whodunnit than whydoit Peter Travers on why its a fast train to nowheresville.

Over 80 years since the publication of one of the most ingenious stories ever written, 20 th Century Fox are bringing Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express to life in a new feature film adaptation.

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