Belfast stars to reunite with Kenneth Branagh for Agatha Christie adaptation

Actors Jamie Dornan and Jude Hill of Academy Award winning flick Belfast will reunite with the film's writer-director Kenneth Branagh for his new adaptation of an Agatha Christie story. The film titled A Haunting in Venice is based on Christie's 1969 book Hallowe'en Party.

Branagh also directed and starred in Death on the Nile and Murder on the Orient Express, both of which are Christie adaptations also for 20th Century studios. He will reprise his role as detective Hercule Poirot in the new film.

A Haunting in Venice will also star Tina Fey, Kelly Reilly, Michelle Yeoh and more. Branagh explained, "This is a fantastic development of the character Hercule Poirot, as well as the Agatha Christie franchise." He continued, "Based on a complex, little known tale of mystery set at Halloween in a pictorially ravishing city, it is an amazing opportunity for us as filmmakers, and we are relishing the chance to deliver something spine-chilling for our loyal movie audiences."

The film is set to go into production on the 31st of October and release sometime next year.

20th Century Studios took to Twitter to make the announcement and share the cast list:

In 2023, Kenneth Branagh returns as Hercule Poirot in “A Haunting in Venice.” The unsettling supernatural-thriller’ cast includes Kyle Allen, Camille Cottin, Jamie Dornan, Tina Fey, Jude Hill, Ali Khan, Emma Laird, Kelly Reilly, Riccardo Scamarcio, and Michelle Yeoh. pic.twitter.com/R6B7hoQQMx

— 20th Century Studios (@20thcentury) October 10, 2022