Death on the Nile Trivia | 40 facts about the movie

Death on the Nile is an upcoming mystery-thriller movie based on the novel written by Agatha Christie.

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1. Death on the Nile is an upcoming mystery thriller film.
2. It was directed by Kenneth Branagh.
3. The screenplay is written by Michael Green.
4. It is based on the 1937 novel of the same name by Agatha Christie.
5. It was produced by Branagh, Ridley Scott, Judy Hofflund and Kevin J. Walsh.
6. The film is a follow-up to Murder on the Orient Express (2017).
7. Branagh return to the movie as Hercule Poirot, along with Tom Bateman (also returning from the first film), Annette Bening, Russell Brand, Ali Fazal, Dawn French, Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Rose Leslie, Emma Mackey, Sophie Okonedo, Jennifer Saunders, and Letitia Wright round up the ensemble cast.
8. The film is the third screen adaptation of Christie’s novel.
9. It is following the 1978 film.
10. It’s an episode of the television series Agatha Christie’s Poirot broadcast in 2004.
11. Principal photography began in September 2019
12. Filming took place at Longcross Studios in England and on location in Morocco.
13. It was wrapped that December.
14. The film is set to be theatrically released on February 11, 2022, by 20th Century Studios.
15. Its release has been delayed several times due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
16. Sexual abuse allegations against Hammer, since its original release date of December 20, 2019 were also a reason for its release delay.
17. Úna Ní Dhonghaíle served as the editor for Death on the Nile.
18. Double Negative (DNEG) provided the visual effects for the film, with Academy Award-winning special effects artist George Murphy as the overall visual effects supervisor.
19. Additional VFX were provided by Lola VFX and Raynault VFX.
20. In January 2019, Patrick Doyle, a frequent collaborator on Branagh’s films, was announced as the composer for the film.
21. In 2015, Christie’s great-grandson James Prichard, chairman of Agatha Christie Limited, expressed enthusiasm for sequels, citing the positive collaboration with Branagh and the production team
22. In May 2017, Branagh expressed interest in further installments if the first film were successful.
23. On November 20, 2017, it was announced that 20th Century Fox was developing Death on the Nile as a sequel to their version of Murder on the Orient Express with Michael Green returning to pen the script and Kenneth Branagh set to return on camera as Poirot, and behind the camera as director.
24. In September 2018, Gal Gadot joined the cast.
25. In addition, Paco Delgado was hired to design the costumes.
26. In October 2018, Armie Hammer joined the cast, and Tom Bateman was confirmed to reprise his role as Bouc for the film.
27. In January 2019, Jodie Comer had joined the cast.
28. In April 2019, Letitia Wright joined the cast.
29. Annette Bening was in talks to join in June.
30. Russell Brand joined the cast in August 2019.
31. Ali Fazal, Dawn French, Rose Leslie, Emma Mackey, Sophie Okonedo and Jennifer Saunders were added in September, with Comer no longer involved.
32. At the end of Murder on the Orient Express (2017), Poirot is told of a “death on the Nile”. In the novel “Death on the Nile”, Poirot was on the boat before and at the time the first murder was committed.
33. This might or might not constitute a discrepancy, as the “death on the Nile” mentioned at the end of Murder on the Orient Express might refer to a death that occurs prior to the first death in the novel.
34. The budget on the motion picture is an estimated £120 million.
35. It was shot entirely on large format 65mm film.
36. Kenneth Branagh’s previous turn as Hercule Poirot in Murder on the Orient Express (2017) was also shot in this format as well as his adaptation of Hamlet (1996).
37. This movie reunites comedy partners Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders – both found it hard to remain serious.
38. Jodie Comer was not officially signed on when announcements of her casting were released. Due to scheduling conflicts, Jodie Comer will not be in the film as confirmed on Joshua Horowitz’s ‘Happy, Sad, Confused’ podcast.
39. Rhiannon Clements’s debut.
40. Despite playing an Armenian, Ali Fazal is Indian.