However, Branagh also made it clear to EW that him reprising Poirot is contingent on the new Murder on the Orient Express movie being a box office success.
Its competition on opening weekend will include Daddy’s Home 2, The Star and Paddington 2, as well as folks coming in to see Thor: Ragnarok and A Bad Moms Christmas a week late.
So if you want to see Branagh back wearing that ridiculous mustache and solving crimes, make sure you reflect that with your money.
Those who’ve read or seen Murder on the Orient Express know that it doesn’t set up a traditional sequel, but given that Agatha Christie wrote 33 novels (and over 50 short stories) over her lifetime featuring the detective, it would be easy enough for Kenneth Branagh to play him in another story.