How is A Haunting in Venice different than the other two Hercule Poirot films that came before?
Branaghs first outing as Agatha Christies famous detective was in the 2017 filmMurder on the Orient Express.
Five years later, its sequel,Death on the Nile, was released.
Thankfully, for fans, the wait for the next entry is much shorter.
A year and a half later, Hercule Poirot is already on his next case.
This time, hes in Venice and might have his hands full with a supernatural killer on the loose.
But it’s a far more intimate story.
It’s a far more horrific crime, first of all, so it’s a terrifying crime.
And it haunts the kind of characters that are involved in this crime, and it haunts the audience.
It kind of gave us the confidence in being on a smaller footprint of both equipment and crew.
So that was really our approach to just be more focused, more simple.
Focus on the performances and delve into this kind of human condition, our story.
So it had a kind of prominence that’s very unusual for the setting.
So that is one answer.
I think one of the great things about my great-grandmother is that actually, her writing is incredibly consistent…
I think what my great grandmother has, at her heart is her stories, her plots.
And the thing about great stories and great plots is that they stand the test of time.
I think great stories can be relocated in time and place.
This led to the new film taking on the horror genre.
Pritchard shared how an adaption of aHalloween Partywas a great launchpadto do just that.
Another big change with this third movie ishow different it is compared to the source material.
Among the many changes is how the movie takes place in Venice instead of an English village.
Even the key crime being investigated in the film differs from that in the book.
A Haunting in Venicereleases on Friday, September 15.
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