Woke on the Nile

Hello, Kenneth Branagh.

- Hello, Mr. Grand Director of the Walt Disney Company.

- As you know, our company acquired 20th Century Fox.

We noted that your adaptation of

for Fox five years ago grossed over $350 million.

Well done.

We think we can do just as well, if not better, with

- Why not… Will I have the same cast: Judi Dench, Michelle Pfeiffer, Penélope Cruz, Olivia Colman, Johnny Depp?

- Uh… no… You will have Gal Gadot, Rose Leslie, Armie Hammer, Ali Fazal, Sophie Okonedo.

- Oh.

But will I once again have the right to deviate a little from the original novel?

- Duty, you mean!

We intend to take this opportunity to avenge all the victims of Agatha Christie's prose.

- I do not understand…

-

Does the

mean anything to you?

Words kill, you know.

We must take the opportunity to erase the not only imaginary crimes that she has committed...

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