It looks like Kenneth Branagh has found his next directorial effort following his upcoming Agatha Christie adaptation Murder on the Orient Express, with Deadline reporting that he is in talks with Fox Searchlight to helm the Anne Frank tale Keeper of the Diary.
The film will take place in the aftermath of World War II, and sees Branagh as Anne Frank’s father Otto Frank, who is struggling to find a publisher for his daughter’s diary, which recounts her family’s experience as they found themselves trapped in Amsterdam during the Nazi’s persecution of the Jews. Aiding him in his efforts is the ambitious young junior editor Barbara Zimmerman, who would go on to become the founder of the New York Review of Books.
Branagh’s next on screen role comes in July with the release of Christopher Nolan’s World War II epic Dunkirk, while Murder on the Orient Express opens in November.
Originally published May 14, 2017. Updated April 16, 2018.
