After the huge success of the first installment, freely inspired by Agatha Christie's novel
Death on the Nile
and hoisted to first place on the Netflix 2019 charts, Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston return to service in
Murder Mystery 2
, inspired by this time of
Murder on the Orient Express,
the trailer for which has just been released.
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This sequel picks up four years later with the same protagonists, former NYPD officer Nick and ex-hairdresser Audrey, now private detectives, struggling to get their agency off the ground.
Invited to the wedding of their friend the Maharaja (Adeel Akhtar) on his private island, the two heroes are then immersed in a new action-packed adventure when the groom finds himself kidnapped for ransom, leaving all the guests suspicious.
It's a high-stakes affair for the duo: with the help of a team of professional detectives, Audrey and Nick track the kidnappers to Paris to find their friend before it's too late.
Directed by Jeremy Garelick from a screenplay by James Vanderbilt, the film is co-produced by the two lead actors using their respective banners, Happy Madison Productions and Echo Films.
The cast also includes Mark Strong, Jodie Turner-Smith, John Kani, Kuhoo Verma, Enrique Arce and the French Mélanie Laurent and Dany Boon.
In a June 2022 People
interview
, Jennifer Aniston said shooting the film in Paris was a challenge for her, as the city was geographically “very close” to the war in Ukraine.
“But I reminded myself that this is what people need.
People want to laugh.
People need comedies.
People like not to think for a minute, ”she said in the columns of the newspaper.
Murder Mystery 2
will be available on Netflix on March 31.
In video, Jennifer Aniston on the set of season 3 of the
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