20th Century-Fox Home Entertainment Targets Feb. 27 As The Street Date For Director Kenneth Branagh's Murder on the Orient Express

At first blush you had to ask yourself why?   Why remake Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express?   The 1974 Sidney Lumet version was excellent, complete with an all-star cast (Ingrid Bergman even won her third Oscar … Best Supporting Actress) wrapped in a terrific whodunit.

And then it sort of dawns on you, that was an all-star cast of 40 years ago, so why not a remake?

The next question that had to enter your mind if you are a fan of the original, who is going to direct it and let’s hope that whoever it is … they don’t screw it up!    

We can safely report that actor/director Kenneth Branagh nailed, not only as the director of this film adaptation of Agatha Christie’s 1934 mystery novel, but as Hercule Poirot!!!

20^th Century-Fox Home Entertainment announced this past week that a three-SKU selection of Murder on the Orient Express home entertainment products will be available on Feb. 27.   In the product mix are a stand-alone DVD edition, a Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack selection and a 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack edition.

The ARR works out to 109 days and domestic ticket sales were an impressive $101.6 million.

Bonus features common to all release formats include commentary by filmmaker Kenneth Branagh, who is joined by screenwriter Michael Green (Blade Runner 2049, Logan), plus there are 11 deleted scenes (including an alternate opening) with a commentary option featuring both Branagh and Green.

Additionally, there is an extensive collection of production featurettes presented under the banner “Agatha Christie: An Intimate Portrait” — included here are “Let’s Talk About Hercule Poirot,” a three-part presentation titled “Unusual Suspects,” plus “The Art of Murder,” “All Aboard: Filming Murder on the Orient Express” and “Music of Murder.”