Kenneth Branagh is looking to introduce Agatha Christie to a new generation with his adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express—at least, that's the only reasonable explanation for his use of Imagine Dragon's "Believe" in the trailer, released this morning.

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Based on the 1934 mystery novel, Murder is a classic whodunnit about—you guessed it—a mysterious death on the famed luxury train line the Simplon-Orient Express. After Ratchett (Johnny Depp) is murdered in his train compartment, Hercule Poirot (Branagh)—who introduces himself as "probably the greatest detective in the world"—tasks himself with finding the killer amongst the train's passengers, including a governess (Daisy Ridley), a doctor (Leslie Odom, Jr.), a missionary (Penélope Cruz), a princess (Judi Dench) and a professor (Willem Dafoe).

"You know, there is something about a tangle of strangers pressed together for days with nothing in common but the need to go from one place to another and never see each other again," Poirot remarks in the trailer, which offers glimpses into the travelers' lives—including a burgeoning romance between the doctor and governess—before an ear-splitting scream marks the homicide. As the suspects are questioned afterward, Ratchett's assistant (Josh Gad), notes, "He had his enemies," while his widow (Michelle Pfeiffer), announces, "Someone was rummaging around my cabin in the middle of the night—no one would listen to me." Juicy.

From: Harper's BAZAAR US