“Death on the Nile” trailer is nearly absent of Armie Hammer

No sign either of Russell Brand.

... and proper English is absent FROM OP.

It looks like fun, despite Hammer's presence and that beautiful log of driftwood Gal.

Stick with the original, Don't need no woke Christie

LOL!

It’s trending number 7 on Twitter.

This is unrelated but I thought it was hilarious.

The "Where's Wally?" of Murder Mysteries

R1 Here's literally there.

Just doesn't look like he normally does.

I didn't recognise him myself until I looked him up for this role.

Where's Olivia Hussey?

He's in there repeatedly. A nasty face I could really do without seeing. You tricked us, OP.

At least he's not sliding his hand up that chick's couter like he did in the original edit.

God knows how that will play out in the cinema

Is this fucking movie ever going to come out?

Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French. I’d love to see this movie.

It should be reshot and all the characters recast with Trans Women of Color! Now!

He looks so hot in this trailer! I can't wait, I've been wanting to see this movie for ages.

the remake of Murder on the Orient Express bombed big time, and for this one, I am afraid it will end up with the same, no one cares! not the viewers, not the film critics.

It has that Instagram glossy look that is becoming so unpalatable

When this flops at the box-office, it may well hurt Branagh's chances of winning BP and Best Director at the Oscars.

Branagh's remake of "Orient Express" was a box office smash, which is how "Death on the Nile" got greenlit.

[quote]At least he's not sliding his hand up that chick's couter like he did in the original edit.

Oh, but it's so edgy! It's 1937 and Simon is practically fingering Jacqueline on the dance floor!

Lmaoooooo where’s the husband?

I hear Amie Hammer really "chews the scenery" in this film.

No-one will risk covid to watch this shit in the theatre

R22 He's here ....

And Then There Was No Armie

I do want to see this, but they did many changes to the story, apparently.

He's so hot. I'd let him nibble on my anytime.

[quote]I do want to see this, but they did many changes to the story, apparently.

I want to see it too, but it's weird to feel that when at the same time I am sure I will not enjoy it at all. The trailers don't fill me with confidence anyway.

I still wanna see it for Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders.

And I may be alone with this, but I liked the high-end perfume ad vibe in the scenes with Gal Gadot in the original trailer, ages ago.

Waiting for a theater release didn't help Steven Spielberg's West Side Story. I can't see Death on the Nile topping Branagh's Murder on the Orient Express financially.

Considering the original is such a (camp) classic the only point of a remake is getting delicious scenery chewing performances from the cast.

The remake of Murder On The Orient Express had an all star cast, some decent performances but for me fell flat, possibly because I was comparing it to the original and missed the opening sequence with the newspaper headlines to set the scene.

The David Suchet Poirot adaptation of Death On The Nile was enjoyable because of Frances de la Tour as Angela Lansbury, Judy Parfitt as Bette Davis and a then unknown Emily Blunt as Lois Chiles.

[quote]The David Suchet Poirot adaptation of Death On The Nile was enjoyable because of Frances de la Tour as Angela Lansbury, Judy Parfitt as Bette Davis and a then unknown Emily Blunt as Lois Chiles.

I've said before, but I think Zoe Telford was the standout for me, playing the character of Rosalie very differently (and more true to the novel) than Olivia Hussey. Though it's not my favourite adaptation (can't go past the '78 film), I did like how this is the only adaptation to really show how young Linnet, Simon and Jackie are. It makes the melodrama of their relationship more believable, I feel.

I'm really only wanting to see this for French and Saunders, and Sophie Okonedo. Gal Gadot does look great dressed up in 30s gear.

You can't really top this.

[quote]I'm really only wanting to see this for French and Saunders,

Jennifer Saunders has worked with Kenneth Branagh before In The Bleak Midwinter and I'm sure she can be a magnificent cunt. Dawn French worries me. She really does have a tendency to mug to the camera, and not in a good way.

So good, r33! As is this part:

"She did 15 rounds once with Jack Dempsey."

Also, my favourite lines are at the end:

- Come, Bowers. This place is beginning to resemble a mortuary.

- Thank God you'll be in one yourself before too long, bloody old fossil!

The original Death On The Nile probably have one of the best casts of all time

How does Gal Gadot get cast in so many movies? Does anyone really care about her outside of that first Wonder Woman movie she did?

[quote] How does Gal Gadot get cast in so many movies?

Google Q rating.

Is it maybe a red herring and he’s the actual killer in the movie?

[quote]Jennifer Saunders has worked with Kenneth Branagh before In The Bleak Midwinter and I'm sure she can be a magnificent cunt. Dawn French worries me. She really does have a tendency to mug to the camera, and not in a good way.

In the fifth season of French and Saunders, they did a "Star crossed lovers" series of sketches and one of them was the "Ken and Emma Story" where they basically poked fun at, mostly, Kenneth Branagh (I believe they were friends with Emma Thompson in the early days, and Thompson tells a story somewhere of the two of them trying to talk her off the ledge after her relationship troubles). I wonder if he ever knew about it, he doesn't seem the type to have much of sense of humour about himself.

R19 Oscar voting deadline is Feb. 2nd and this thing will be unleashed Feb. 11th so Branagh still has a chance and under any circumstance he will probably win Best Original Screenplay and Belfast has steadily maintained its place as a front runner for Best Picture since it was released. The Oscar for direction will go to a woman: Jane Campion

[quote]Is it maybe a red herring and he’s the actual killer in the movie?

How is that possible? He gets shot by the killer of his wife in the movie.

R42 huh?

Hmm... with Morocco standing for Egypt. So, lots of CGI temples, pyramids etc.

The original "Death on the Nile" probably has the greatest score for a genre film ever.

[quote][R42] huh?

He shoots himself at the time he kills his wife to divert suspicion away from him.

R46 The remake isn’t going to follow the plot of the original is it, why remake it then everyone would already know who the killer is going to be?

Score was by Nino Rota, who also scored The Godfather.

Branagh didn't change the ending of his Murder of the Orient Express remake. You think he's that creative to come up with a different ending that would people go, "geez, why didn't Agatha Christie think of that?".

What possible reason is there for the remake if not to change the murderer?

[quote] What possible reason is there for the remake if not to change the murderer?

Because the original was more than 40 years ago and so most people have not seen it.

Insisting they have to change the ending of the story because it's been made before is stupid.

It's akin to saying they would have to change the ending of any film adaptation of a mystery novel because some people will have read the original novel.

They just remade Scream yet again for the fifth time, I’m sure they changed the killer.

If you don't understand the difference between a remake and a sequel, there is no hope for you.

This movie is insufficiently 'Urban' and insufficiently 'Bad-Ass'.

[quote]The David Suchet Poirot adaptation of Death On The Nile was enjoyable because of Frances de la Tour as Angela Lansbury, Judy Parfitt as Bette Davis and a then unknown Emily Blunt as Lois Chiles.

And JJ Field playing Simon Doyle (as Armie Hammer). He looked like a mix of Tom Hiddleston and Jude Law:

R47 they remade west Side Story, and everyone knows the ending.

[quote]This movie is insufficiently 'Urban' and insufficiently 'Bad-Ass'.

Shoulda got Roxane Gay to pen the script.

"How Death on the Nile became a disaster movie"

JJ Feild was absolutely dreamy. Not shy about getting the old cock-a-doodle-doo out either.

I don't see how they can change the culprit here, that would be like changing the ending of MOTOE.

The first murder is a bit convoluted though so maybe they can tidy that up.

R57 Tony lives in the new version.

West Side Story had a trans masc non binary character who follows people around and spies on them.

Maybe Death On The Nile will have a trans masc non binary character who follows people around and spies on them.

[quote]I don't see how they can change the culprit here, that would be like changing the ending of MOTOE.

It has been years (decades - time flies) since I have read it, but one of the reasons I remember the ending to this one is because of the culprit. I think it gave it a bit more of an emotional punch and a bit more weight than some of the others. Would be a shame if they changed it. The trailer seemed to hint at having a few action scenes that probably aren't necessary.

Agatha sometimes slightly marred a great story by having one too many corpses towards the end.

A Murder Is Announced, Cards On The Table and thus novel spring to mind.

R62 But the outcome is the same despite the character of 'Anybody's' being made more specific in the remake.

Arnie is so cute I could just eat him alive!

They're not going to change the ending. There's one just one nut posting who thinks they need to do this.

[quote]The trailer seemed to hint at having a few action scenes that probably aren't necessary.

Yeah, they did that in MOTOE too, from memory. It felt much more of an action movie than Christies usually do.

Oh please, Christie is a hack writer, it’s not like a sacred text that can’t be altered, these are mysteries and this is a woman who named one of her books Ten Little Niggers, she should have been canceled decades ago.

^Someone who's never read a Christie in their life.

Is Salome Otterbourne still going to be a sex writer in decline? There is a lot of humour in that and space to develop that humour too, but from the trailer it looks like she is meant to be some kind of lounge singer instead?

R69 do one you moron.

They do appear to have changed a lot of the secondary characters, r71, though she can still be a drunk.

The action scenes in the recent MOTOE were ridiculous and unnecessary, cutting extra time from the main cast scenes. But actually the murder in Death on the Nile is an action scene of sorts, with much screaming and running about.

Does anyone have a Times subscription and could repost?

There's a paywall free link at R59

Armie Hammer was ram-rodded. I'd say he deserves his career back but he wasn't much of an actor, anyway.

[Quote] covid

Fake news.

"Finally out next month" according to that article. So we should get a chance to see it soon.

I recently rewatched Branagh's MOTOE and it didn't improve on me since the first time. I really do think I'll just be watching Death on the Nile to see what they do with the story and don't expect to like it. But we shall see!

I confess the trailer looks good, even Gal Gadot, better than tne previous ones. It will inevitably be disappointing but am expecting this. Salome still dies, based on the comment from her daughter. It is such an unbelievable, risky murder but AC somewhat pulls it off as it is very much in character.

JJ Feild's father joined Tom and Dusty Springfield in The Springfields vocal group.

Armie has never bothered to drop his pants like JJ Feild has, ergo he is not fit to be a leading man in this.

R69

It was renamed "And then there were none" in 1939, in the UK.

That's 82 years ago.

R82 Actually, it was first named Ten Little Indians, not much of an improvement.

I just watched this, I had no idea that Kenneth was playing the lead, I thought he was just directing. He really can’t play Belgian at all, there was nothing in the least a bit Belgian about his performance and he is way too thin. Would it have killed him to gain weight for the role? Also, I could not wrap my mind around whatever accent Gal was trying to come up with. She is a really terrible actress after all isn’t she?

Lucky break for Armie not to be associated with "Dead in the Water" as per the NY Times' review

Lois Chiles may not have been a good actress, but she has the right hauteur for the part something Girl Gadget lacks.

Apparently it took the #1 spot at the box office over the weekend, though in the age of COVID that's not saying much. It made less than $15 million.

R87 and after Valentine's Day weekend Dead in the Water and JLow's rom com garbage will drop precipitously at the BO as Jackass Forever surpasses their combined total grosses.

This is now on HBO Max, for anyone interested.

It's really not any good. No one in it is any good. I find Kenneth Branagh a bad director and an even more annoying actor. Gidget looks pretty but she's not good either.

God forgive me, but Armie looks really hot in it. That's pretty much the only recommendation I can give it.

"Gidget" lol

I watched 'Death On The Nile' yesterday, and was pleasantly surprised. Unlike R4, I had no issues with the addition of black female characters and lesbians to the narrative.

It's not a great film but it's entertaining enough. Like R89 says, Armie does look really good in it and if you've watched the film, no spoilers but you can understand why they weren't able to cut him out of it.

I watched it last night on HBO Max. I enjoyed it well enough. I liked Gal. It was fun seeing French & Saunders.

It was cool seeing Emma Mackey playing something so different from her Sex Education role. I love Sophie Okonedo in EVERYTHING, and I loved her voice and accent here. Even Russell Brand wasn’t bad.

Letitia Wright was the weak link..didn’t capture the “period” and sure didn’t seem like a contemporary of Gal Gadot.

It’s been a while since I’ve seen the original and have never read the book—are Annette Bening and her son new characters?

Armie is a horrible actor. Glad he's byebye now.

He really is so untalented. Handsome but let's not pretend he got where he is on talent.

He needs to show his pinga