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Gal Gadot Joins Cast of Death on the Nile

September 29, 2018 | Posted by Jeffrey Harris
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Deadline.com reports that Gal Gadot will join the cast of the upcoming Death on the Nile, Kenneth Branagh’s planned sequel to his 2017 hit, Murder on the Orient Express. Both are based on the Agatha Christie novels of the same name.

Murder on the Orient Express made $352.8 million worldwide, and it did well enough to garner a sequel. Branagh returns to direct the sequel and will once again star as the master detective Hercule Poirot. Michael Green, who adapted Orient Express for the screen, returns as the screenwriter.

The original book was first published in 1937. It follows Poirot investigating a murder during a cruise on the Nile River that he happens to be on. The book was previously adapted into a film in 1978 starring Peter Ustinov as Poirot in an ensemble that included Bette Davis, Angela Lansbury, Maggie Smith, Mia Farrow and David Niven.

Death on the Nile is slated for a December 20, 2019 release.