Remake: Jolie in talks for ‘Murder on the Orient Express’

Hollywood diva will star in adaptation of Agatha Christie novel

Fox is all geared up to set the ball rolling on the remake of Murder on the Orient Express, and according to Variety, Hollywood star Angelina Jolie is currently in talks with producers for a role.

If rumours are anything to go by, Jolie might get roped in to essay the role of Mrs Harriet Hubbard, originally played by Lauren Bacall.

Kenneth Branagh is not only directing the project, but will also be starring in the movie as Hercule Poirot. The list of producers includes Ridley Scott, Kenneth Branagh, Mark Gordon, Simon Kinberg, Michael Schaefer and Aditya Sood. The screenplay is being penned by Michael Green of Blade Runner 2 fame.



The critically-acclaimed Agatha Christie novel of the same name was published in 1934. Poirot, a Belgian detective, is given the task of resolving a murder case in which the suspect has to be hunted down from a large number of train passengers. It was the possibility of the murderer hiding behind the many innocent faces on board that made the novel immensely popular.

In 2013, it was reported that Fox had started working on the project as a remake of the 1974 movie starring Albert Finney as the detective tasked with investigating the crime. The original cast also included Sean Connery, Anthony Perkins, Jacquline Bisset, Colin Blakely and Lauren Bacall. Nominated for six Academy Awards, the original Orient Express grossed over $35 million in the US.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 13^th, 2016.

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