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Murder on the Orient Express to be remade by 20th Century Fox
Ridley Scott named among producers of latest film version of Agatha Christie's detective novel
Ripe for remake... Murder on the Orient Express. Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive
Friday 13 December 2013 07.23 EST
First published on Friday 13 December 2013 07.23 EST
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Hollywood is to remake Murder on the Orient Express, the 1974 Sidney Lumet detective drama based on Agatha Christie's famous novel.
The project is being put together at 20th Century Fox, with Ridley Scott named among the producers, according to Variety . There are no cast details yet available and the veteran British film-maker is unlikely to direct.
Lumet's film won a best supporting actress Oscar for Ingrid Bergman, who portrayed a Swedish missionary, and was nominated in another five categories. Its cast featured Lauren Bacall, Sean Connery, Jacqueline Bisset, John Gielgud, Vanessa Redgrave, Michael York and Anthony Perkins. Albert Finney starred as Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, who is charged with discovering who has committed murder on board the luxury train. The real Orient Express made its last trip on the classic route from Paris to Istanbul in 1977, though various other iterations have continued. A private company now owns the original vintage rolling stock.
Murder on the Orient Express was also adapted for a US TV version in 2001 that starred Spider-Man 2's Alfred Molina as Poirot.