«A Haunting in Venice» is an upcoming American supernatural mystery thriller film, based on Hallowe’en Party by Agatha Christie.
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- A Haunting in Venice is an upcoming American supernatural mystery thriller film directed by Kenneth Branagh.
- The film stars Branagh, reprising his role as Hercule Poirot, alongside Kyle Allen, Camille Cottin, Jamie Dornan, Tina Fey, Jude Hill, Ali Khan, Emma Laird, Kelly Reilly, Riccardo Scamarcio, and Michelle Yeoh.
- A Haunting in Venice is scheduled to be released in the United States on September 15, 2023, by 20th Century Studios.
- The screenplay is inspired by Dame Agatha Christie’s 1969 novel “Hallowe’en Party”.
- The setting changed from the UK to Venice, Italy.
- It is the first time this story has been adapted into a feature film.
- Jamie Dornan and Jude Hill were previously directed by Sir Kenneth Branagh in Belfast (2021). In that film, Hill’s character is seen opening Christmas presents, one of which is a copy of “Hallowe’en Party”, which is the original title of this new project.
- This will be the first Poirot installment in the film series starring, directed by and produced by Sir Kenneth Branagh to be an original adaptation of a literary work written by Dame Agatha Christie and not a remake of a previous picture featuring Poirot.
- However, it was previously adapted for television as part of series 12 of Agatha’s Christie’s Poirot (1989) starring David Suchet as Poirot.
- Michelle Yeoh dropped out of The Electric State to star in this movie.
- The book upon which this film is based, “Hallowe’en Party” by Dame Agatha Christie, is dedicated to comedic author and satirist, as well as “Jeeves and Wooster” creator, P.G. Wodehouse.
- This is the first Hercule Poirot movie to be filmed digitally, with Sony Venice cameras in the taller 1.85:1 aspect ratio, unlike Murder on the Orient Express (2017) and Death on the Nile (2022) which were both filmed in Panavision Super 70mm in the widescreen 2.39:1 aspect ratio.
- Although Death on the Nile was released afterward, this film will mark the second Sir Kenneth Branagh film in a row not to be scored by Sir Patrick Doyle due to being commissioned to write King Charles III’ coronation march; the first was Belfast, which did not use an original score. Scoring duties for this film went to Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir.
- Filming began on October 31, 2022.
- The production occurring between Pinewood Studios and Venice.
- Hildur Guðnadóttir was revealed to be composing the score for the film in April 2023, marking the first in the series not to be composed by Branagh’s frequent collaborator Patrick Doyle.
- In April 2023, the first trailer for the film was released alongside the names of various characters and the cast members that would be portraying them.
- Branagh described the film as a “supernatural thriller”, rather than a full-fledged horror film.
- 20th Century Studios president Steve Asbell revealed in March 2022 that a script for a third Hercule Poirot film had been written by Michael Green, with Kenneth Branagh set to return as director and star.
- The film will see a lesser known Poirot story be the basis for the plot.
