The trailer for Death on the Nile just dropped and, even though the film stars Armie Hammer, you’d never know it.
the way they absolutely dont want you to know armie hammer is in this movie lmao https://t.co/oai7cydGbZ
— alex (@alex_abads) December 21, 2021
In case you need a refresher, Hammer was accused of cannibalistic fetishism earlier this year, as well as non-consensual BDSM, rape, and physical and emotional abuse. Though he denied the allegations, he was fired by his agent and publicist and dropped from a several projects that were in development.
Related: Armie Hammer has got a thing for Henry Cavill’s nipples
Death on the Nile, based on Agatha Christie’s 1937 mystery novel, was shot in the fall of 2019, long before the scandal broke. It was originally set to be released later that year, but the pandemic forced the studio to postpone multiple times. Now, here we are, two years later. The film is set to hit theaters on February 11, 2022 and Disney is really, really, really hoping people won’t notice who the leading man is.
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the new Death on the Nile trailer really said "we know Armie Hammer is still in the movie, but we're not showing you Armie Hammer is still in the movie" pic.twitter.com/1JWw7yH60G
— Spencer Althouse (@SpencerAlthouse) December 21, 2021
Unfortunately, people definitely noticed. And it’s all they’re talking about. Hammer has been trending on Twitter all day.
Here’s what people are saying…
https://twitter.com/yoloboyd02/status/1473356340533858304
All I can think of here is Russell Brand and Letitia Wright exchanging anti-vax conspiracies while Armie Hammer was fantasizing about killing and eating the cast. #DeathOnTheNile pic.twitter.com/QeoxN5R0YN
— Christopher Marc (@_ChristopherM) December 21, 2021
Gal Gadot? Armie Hammer? Letitia Wright? Jeez, they just got everybody’s favorite celebrities in this movie smh
— Kyle W. (@kwilly462) December 21, 2021
https://twitter.com/distinguishthat/status/1473030329120219139
notice how armie hammer appears throughout the whole trailer like pic.twitter.com/JrbXCKMBLy
— elia (@mcavoyisms) December 21, 2021
did we just forget about the armie hammer cannibalism scandal? cause i didn’t and i wanna know more
— cara (@carapenne) December 19, 2021
This has gotta be the most problematic cast I’ve seen. Lol
— 인터넷에 오신 것을 환영합니다 (@purple______red) December 21, 2021
Armie Hammer is trending pic.twitter.com/5FQh9j1aoE
— Kareem Yasin (@thekareem) December 21, 2021
Armie Hammer trending for Death on the Nile got me thinking about his “issues” and welp… pic.twitter.com/VjmX2Fkkmw
— Sam Mathai (@sam_mathai) December 21, 2021
Armie hammer did it then ate the body
— bllaxeitฏ๎๎๎๎๎๎๎๎๎๎๎๎๎๎๎๎๎๎๎๎๎๎๎๎๎๎๎๎๎ (@479bllaxeIt) December 21, 2021
Graham Gremore is the Features Editor and a Staff Writer at Queerty. Follow him on Twitter @grahamgremore.
Sqwoah
There has never been a good film adaptation of an Agatha Christie Book.
Cam
What a shock, one of the right wing troll account screenames has something negative to say.
Sqwoah
Well, If that isn’t the pot predictably calling the kettle a right wing troll account…….again.
Cam
@Sqwoah
Awww, the troll pulls out the “I know you are but what am I?” defends it always uses. lol
Man About Town
“Death on the Nile” (1978), “The Mirror Crack’d” (1980), “Murder on the Orient Express” (1974) — three strikes, you’re out!
Paris in Santiago
Not even Evil under the Sun with Diana Rigg!? Love that movie
HankHarris
Between the fashion, the camp and Nicholas Clay – it really got my baby gay genes going…(i was 14)
Cam
Don’t forget Jane Birkin’s final walk down the stairs!
Grrrowler
I love that movie! It was far better than the ITV Poirot TV series’ version. I thought Branagh’s Orient Express was actually done pretty well too.
shanek
I was a few years younger, Hank. Seeing Nicholas on the giant screen in a speedo, my little brain was “wait a minute…what’s going on here? Why is this so fascinating?”
christopher lord
…and Nicholas Clay (!), Maggie Smith, Roddy McDowall, Jane Birkin, and the incomparable Sylvia Miles! A smorgasbord of gay, gay-adjacent, and gay-adored. The only thing gayer is perhaps The Last of Sheila.
Ken A.
Another innocent guy being falsely accused over feeling jilted at not becoming Mrs. Hamer and living the glamorous Hollywood lifestyle she feels she deserves.
Cam
Except some of the people who accused him were wealthier than him.
But no shock, ANY time there is an article about somebody like Hammer, Spacey, Epstein, etc. the troll comes in to attack the victims.
Heywood Jablowme
These studio execs are so unimaginative. Armie should star in “The Donner Party” – that’s a role he would really get into!
Cam
Oh Damn!
Fahd
This won’t be the first elaborate costume drama that Disney has had to bury somewhere. I wonder if it will actually open.
Essie
They should just throw it on the TUBI channel and let it die. Trying to edit him out is ridiculous and a waste of money.
chris_clb614
The studio formerly known as 20th Century Fox had a first run agreement with HBO. Unless Disney outright sells the movie to Netflix or Amazon, it’s going to HBO/HBO Max.
Openminded
I’m surprised Disney isn’t suing Hammer for loss of value on the investment of the movie.
That said, how do women who have had 4 yr long affairs with Hammer suddenly claim he abused them all this time? I’m not convinced the guy just has a weird way of expressing his passions and feelings. I’ve seen no accusations nor proof of actually eating any human body parts, Saying you want to kill somebody doesn’t make you a murderer any more than saying “I want to eat your heart” makes you a cannibal. There is some strange sh*t going on with the guy, I just don’t think it’s literally as strange as it sounds. Oh, and CAM, you can go F yourself before you declare me a troll again with your old, sad, negativity. Don’t forget to kiss your mama goodnight before you head down to the basement.
Cam
@Openminded
Except there are spouses who’ve been in 20 year marriages who report being abused for that entire time.
But again, I love that the same old right wing troll, who has been trying to make this screename seem to be the “Reasonable” one messes up and posts this under it. You should have posted this under your “@Hank31” name.
Openminded
@Graham, My point exactly. WHY stay in an abusive relationship and then years later ask the world to help punish the accused?
To answer your other troll question, I post under the one and only screenname I am registered to, but glad to hear you admit that I am actually “Reasonable” with my comments even though you declare me a troll. YOUR game is old and tired you mama’s baby loser.
Joshooeerr
Until somebody produces evidence that Armie Hammer actually ate somebody, all he did was indulge in some kinky fantasies. “Sick fantasies” if you want to be judgemental, which at one stage sexually-liberated types – you know, like the people who publish Queerty pretend to be – tried to avoid. In George Orwell’s 1984 this was referred to as “thought crime”. That book is frequently referred to as a nightmarish dystopian fantasy. But it’s what we are all now living in.
inbama
Thank you.
Gay men used to be known for speaking intelligently about the artists – part of which is knowing not to expect artists to be role models of middle class morality.
Cam
Except people are absolutely allowed to feel anyway they want.
Oh, and you forgot the women who said directly that he abused them.
Jaquelope
I don’t know much about this (I had to Google it to even find out what it was about), but nearly everyone has fantasies that are never actually acted upon (there have been cases, but those were the exceptions to the rule). The thing is, these women, stayed with him for periods of time, and apparently went along with his fantasies, and evidently tell him they were being made to feel uncomfortable, so they have been complicit in their own “degradation”.
Does anyone else feel sorry that an allegation of impropriety is equal to a legal conviction in court?
Openminded
Using the current standards, I’m subject to multiple life sentences in prison for the handful of people I have wished dead and more than a few rape sentences for those I have told other’s I’d love to F*uck.
IanHunter
The only reason I would want to see this movie is because of Armie.
inbama
Branaugh and that ridiculous mustache is no match for Peter Ustinov.
In fact the entire cast pales next to the 1978 version headed by Bette Davis, Maggie Smith, David Niven, Mia Farrow and Angela Lansbury.
Morg
woof, i wouldn’t mind him sucking my blood.
bsg1967
The ITV Poirot TV series staring David shuchet was a marvelous production of death on the Nile starring a young Emily Blunt in the Gal Gadot role. So I will give this train wreck a miss