20th Century Studios has announced that Kenneth Branagh’s third Poirot film “A Haunting in Venice” will be screened early across select cities in the United States as part of a special event with IMAX and Alamo Drafthouse.
On Saturday September 9th, select cities will get the opportunity to watch the film ahead of the wide release on Friday, September 15th.
IMAX theatre locations will include AMC Kips Bay 15 (New York, NY), Universal Cinema AMC at Citywalk Hollywood (Los Angeles, CA), AMC DINE-IN Studio 28 (Olathe, KS), Cinemark Lincoln Square (Bellevue, WA), & Regal Hacienda Crossing (Dublin, CA). Early IMAX screenings will include catered pre-reception with photo ops and collectible poster.
Alamo Drafthouse venues will also be involved with the upcoming event including Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA), Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Mueller (Austin, TX), Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Downtown Brooklyn (Brooklyn, NY), Alamo Drafthouse Cinema DC Bryant Street (Washington, DC), and Alamo Drafthouse Chicago Wrigleyville (Chicago, IL). Those venues will have an interactive murder mystery experience.
The newest Agatha Christie adaptation is based on one of her later novels, “Hallowe’en Party,” and sees Branagh returning to the role of the Belgian sleuth and is joined by Tina Fey as the recurring Christie character Ariadne Oliver.
The cast includes the likes of Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Dornan, Jude Hill, Kelly Reilly, Emma Laird, Kyle Allen, Camille Cottin, Ali Khan and Riccardo Scamarico.
The story unfolds in an eerie, post-World War II Venice on All Hallows’ Eve when a thirteen-year-old girl, who claimed she witnessed a murder when she was younger, is killed.
Hercule Poirot is now retired and living in self-imposed exile in the glamorous city. He reluctantly attends a seance at a decaying, haunted palazzo and soon is thrust into a sinister world of shadows and secrets.
Around 100 early access screenings will also take place in IMAX and other premium formats on Wednesday September 13th.
Source: Collider
