Hercule Poirot, who happens to be travelling on the Orient Express, starts to investigate, discovering that many people could be the culprit вЂ“ which is where all the new movieвЂ™s other famous faces come in.

Now weвЂ™ve got out first look at the movie, via EW, which suggests plenty of 1930s glamour, while Branagh and his impressive facial hair suggest a more hard-nosed version of Poirot than weвЂ™re used to.Д¬hristieвЂ™s novel is about a death on the worldвЂ™s most famous train, whenВ a man known as Mr. However, he ended up with quite a cast, includingВ Johnny Depp, Daisy Ridley, Michelle Pfeiffer, Penelope Cruz, Josh Gad, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Olivia Colman, Derek Jacobi, Leslie Odom Jr., and Branagh himself and the famed Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. While Kenneth Branagh was putting together his new filmic take on Agatha ChristieвЂ™s classic Murder On The Orient Express, quite a few big-name stars came and went, including Angelina Jolie. The film will debut exclusively on Netflix on August 25th. вЂThe Netflix original film is directed by Adam Wingard (Blair Witch, YouвЂ™re Next) and stars Nat Wolff (Paper Towns), Margaret Qualley (The Leftovers), Lakeith Stanfield (Get Out), Paul Nakauchi (Pirates of the Caribbean: At WorldвЂ™s End), Shea Whigham (American Hustle) and Willem Dafoe (Spider-Man) as the voice of Ryuk.вЂ™

Intoxicated with his new godlike abilities, the young man begins to kill those he deems unworthy of life. HereвЂ™s the synopsis: вЂBased on the famous Japanese manga written by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, Death Note follows a high school student who comes across a supernatural notebook, realizing it holds within it a great power if the owner inscribes someoneвЂ™s name into it while picturing their face, he or she will die. However, itвЂ™s already stirred controversy for changing the ethnicity and cultural origins of the characters, with petitions and calls for a boycott against the film. That never happened, but now weвЂ™re getting one from Adam Wingard, the man behind YouвЂ™re Next, The Guest, Blair Witch and the upcoming Godzilla vs. Pasolini is now playing in New York, with a nationwide rollout to follow.Back in 2014 it looked like we might be getting an adaptation of the classic Japanese Manga Death Note, directed by Good Will Hunting and MilkвЂ™s Gus Van Sant. WeвЂ™ve seen the entire film and can attest: itвЂ™s not the only one. Pasolini features Dafoe in top form and goes to extraordinary lengths to reconstruct sequences from some of PasoliniвЂ™s most notorious works.В Queerty has obtained this exclusive clip of the title character on one of his late night manhunts. Now filmmaker Abel Ferrara ( Bad Lieutenant, Body Snatchers, Welcome to New York) teams with acting giant Willem Dafoe to relive the final day of PasoliniвЂ™s life. Debate rages on as to the identity of his killers and their motives. His life came to an abrupt end in 1975 when he was found murdered on a beach in Ostia, having been beaten, burned and run over by a car. He was involved in Italian politics, supporting the Italian Communist Party, while denouncing religion, consumerism, and television. Pasolini lived and worked in Italy in the 1960s and 70s, writing poetry, making his films and living as a gay man.

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