I used to love these massive ensemble movies. OCEAN’S ELEVEN, CRASH, erm, CANNONBALL RUN? Well, it looks like Ridley Scott does too as he’s committed to produce a remake of the classic Agatha Christie story ‘Murder On The Orient Express’ over at Fox.
The film has no director, script or even a solitary cast member yet, but if you remember the 1974 movie which was littered with A-list talent of the day, along with Albert Finney as Hercule Poirot, the news is pretty big, and we expect good things.
The new adaptation will be a whodunnit type affair when someone is offed on one of the most famous trains of all time as it journeyed from Paris to Istanbul.
Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Bisset, Colin Blakely, Sean Connery, John Gielgud, Anthony Perkins, Vanessa Redgrave and Michael York all appeared in the Oscar-winning 1974 movie.
Source: Variety
