All About 'A Haunting in Venice'
The 'stache is back for an Italian murder mystery! Kenneth Branagh made a name for himself adapting Shakespeare for the silver screen, but he's given up the Bard to go all in on Agatha Christie's genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. Branagh plays the literary sleuth for a third time after 'Murder on the Orient Express' (2017) and 'Death on the Nile' (2022).
In this whodunnit, Poirot has retired but can't resist a case when it involves a murder most foul! A death during a séance held by Joyce, played by Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh, has Poirot investigating all-star suspects, including Jamie Dornan, Kelly Reilly, Tina Fey, and Jude Hill who played the lead of Branagh's semi-autobiopic, 'Belfast' (2021). Poirot is determined to find logical explanations for supernatural circumstances such as the seemingly impossible physics of his own double mustache.
Based on Christie's 1969 novel "Hallowe'en Party," 'A Haunting in Venice' is late in the detective's career that spans 33 novels, 2 plays, and 51 short stories published between 1920 and 1975, all of which were adapted for the 70 episodes of "Agatha Christie's Poirot" starring David Suchet. So, we can suspect more sequels may be afoot for Branagh's big-screen take on the dashing detective.