Sir Kenneth Branagh wants to make Agatha Christie's 'Death on the Nile' into a new film. The 56-year-old actor starred as Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in 'Murder on the Orient Express' - which he also directed - and he wants to star as the iconic detective again and is keen to bring Christie's 1937 novel to the big screen. Branagh said, '"The public will decide; they come to see this in sufficient numbers we'll be there.