Kenneth Branagh battles supernatural forces in 'Haunting in Venice' trailer.

Kenneth Branagh battles supernatural forces in ‘Haunting in Venice’ trailer.

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Kenneth Branagh returns as Detective Hercule Poirot to solve a chilling supernatural mystery after a séance goes awry in first full-length A creepy in Venice trailer that dropped on Wednesday.

Branagh is directing and starring for the third time in his series of adaptations of Agatha Christie novels. Set in post-WWII Venice, a retired Poirot is summoned to a séance by an old friend, played by Tina Fey, to see if a psychic (Michelle Yeoh) is a fake.

When one of the séance guests in the decaying and haunted Venice palace is murdered, Poirot steps in to identify the killer, only to be faced with a world of shadows and supernatural secrets. “Someone died. No one is leaving this place until I know who did it,” the former detective tells surprised séance attendees now considered suspects in a murder mystery the celebrated detective is determined to solve.

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Jamie Dornan, Jude Hill, Kelly Reilly, Emma Laird, Kyle Allen, Camille Cottin, Ali Khan and Riccardo Scamarcio complete the cast of A creepy in Venice from 20th Century Studios. The feature film is inspired by Christie’s 1969 novel Halloween party.

That novel’s story was set in motion when a 13-year-old girl who witnessed a murder is found dead in a tub of apples. Michael Green wrote the screenplay for the film, with producer credits shared by Branagh, Judy Hofflund, Ridley Scott and Simon Kinberg, with Louise Killin, James Prichard and Mark Gordon serving as executive producers.

A creepy in Venice will be released in theaters on September 15th.

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