By the time Agatha Christie put her mustachioed Belgian detective Hercule Poirot to rest with "Curtain" in 1975, 44 books featured the character, including novels and short story collections. Three more story collections were released posthumously, and author Sophie Hannah has taken up the mantle in the last decade, releasing four Poirot novels since 2014. With a character that strong, there is seemingly no end in sight for Hercule Poirot on the page, and the same goes for screen adaptations, as Kenneth Branagh is set to make his third Poirot picture.
Pulp literature is filled with detectives and investigators appearing in story after story to solve a new mystery, as is the myriad of procedural television dramas. Today's franchise filmmaking landscape is different, with a greater focus on heavy serialization and continuity. Episodic storytelling on the big screen is out, but Rian Johnson is looking to bring that back with his own private...
Pulp literature is filled with detectives and investigators appearing in story after story to solve a new mystery, as is the myriad of procedural television dramas. Today's franchise filmmaking landscape is different, with a greater focus on heavy serialization and continuity. Episodic storytelling on the big screen is out, but Rian Johnson is looking to bring that back with his own private...
- 10/20/2022
- by Mike Shutt
- Slash Film
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