According to Collider, Russell Brand (Get Him to the Greek) is in talks with Disney/Fox about joining the cast of the Agatha Christie adaptation Death on the Nile, director and star Kenneth Branagh’s follow-up to 2017’s Murder on the Orient Express.
Should Brand close his deal, he’ll join a cast that includes Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman), Anette Benning (Captain Marvel), Armie Hammer (Call Me By Your Name) and Letitia Wright (Black Panther) as well as the returning Tom Bateman as Bouc and Branagh as Hercule Poirot.
Death on the Nile sees Poirot caught up in a murder mystery on board a luxurious cruise down the River Nile when a rich heiress is found dead, and the master detective sets out to solve the crime before the ship reaches the end of its journey. It was previously adapted for the big screen in 1978, with Peter Ustinov leading a star-studded cast as Poirot alongside Bette Davis, Mia Farrow, Angela Lansbury, Maggie Smith, Jack Warden and Sam Wanamaker.
Branagh is once again directing from a script by Murder on the Orient Express writer Michael Green,and the film is slated for release on October 9th 2020.
