Another murder will take place on the Orient Express

[tazber]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 9:43am

Ridley Scott is producing a remake.

Love the original, can't wait to see who will play Poirot.
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[best12bars]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 9:51am

I'm not sure why they would want to do this. It's like remaking The Poseidon Adventure, which they already tried. It failed. First of all, the "whodunit" aspect won't be there for many. If they're making it for younger movie fans who haven't read Christie or seen the other movie, they'll have to load it up with young stars. If they load it up with older stars, the target audience is very likely people who already know the outcome and the first film.

I can just see Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Kathy Bates, Geoffrey Rush, Clive Owen, Jude Law, Sean Connery, and the like ... oh, and Maggie Smith, for old time's sake. Not in the original, but in two subsequent Christie "star" movies, plus the spoof "Murder By Death."

Great for the older crowd (who already know the plot). Not so much for younger, clueless audiences.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 9:54am

Seems like a mistake to me...and completely unnecessary.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 10:05am

But that doesn't mean we can't have fun fantasy casting it!

Ben Kingsley for Poirot, anyone?

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 10:05am

Nice!

[madbrian]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 10:13am

I'd cast Stanely Tucci as Poirot.

[best12bars]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 10:15am

I'd go younger. Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, or go sexy with Jean Dujardin.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 10:15am

I'm trying to picture anyone else besides Bergman blather on about the "little brown bebies".

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 10:27am

How about Isabella Rosselini?

[D2]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 10:27am

Michele Bachmann in her "acting" debut.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 10:30am

Obviously Angela Lansbury needs to be in this.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 10:34am

She certainly could be the Princess Dragomiroff, but I feel like I've already seen the performance she would give. But it would be nice to give her another juicy film role.

A friend suggested Genevieve Bujold, who I think would be great fun.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 10:36am

Or Julie Christie or Catherine Deneuve...

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 10:37am

I leuve Deneuve, but I don't think underacting is what you want in a Princess Dragomiroff. Ditto for Christie. Ooh, I wonder if she's related to Agatha?

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 10:44am

Well I think they should just do it live on NBC with Kelly Clarkson.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 10:46am

Ha!

Who's Mrs. Hubbard (the Lauren Bacall part)? Shall we see if we can cast the whole film without resorting to Meryl?

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 10:47am

Jessica Lange!

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 10:52am

Yes!!!!!

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 10:53am

Redgrave for dragomiroff

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 10:53am

And Patti LuPone when it's turned into a Bway musical.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 10:56am

If she couldnt land Helen Sinclair...

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 10:58am

We might need more than one Dragomiroff; there are just too many good choices.

Maybe they turn the character into sisters, and we could find out they're really the Romanov daughters, who actually escaped execution.

Updated On: 12/13/13 at 10:58 AM

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 11:03am

We'll speaking of Helen Sinclair, how about Diane Wiest????

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 11:05am

Interesting. Though I bet she'd be really good in the Berman role, too.

[tazber]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 11:12am

Some of my Poirot suggestions:

Kenneth Branagh
Collin Firth
Alan Rickman
Nick Frost