Penelope Cruz is boarding Kenneth Branagh's new adaptation of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express.
According to Deadline, the Oscar-winner will join the starry ensemble which includes Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Daisy Ridley, Michael Peña, Judi Dench, Derek Jacobi, Tom Bateman and Josh Gad.
Branagh himself will be playing iconic detective Hercule Poirot, but there are currently no details as to whom Cruz will play.
The story focuses on a businessman who is mysteriously killed on board the titular train, with Poirot sleuthing through the carriages to find the killer.
Depp will take on the role of the murdered character Ratchett, whose valet Masterman will be played by Jacobi.
Star Wars' Ridley will play governess Mary Debenham, while Dench will be the Russian Princess Dragomiroff and Pfeiffer will play the glamorous Mrs Hubbard.
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Peña is signed on to play a Cuban passenger called Marquez, and Bateman will take on the role of Frenchman Bouc.
Branagh will direct from a script by Michael Green, with Ridley Scott, Simon Kinberg (of The Martian) and Mark Gordon (Steve Jobs) all co-producing with Branagh.
Meanwhile, Cruz is currently busy filming new movie Escobar with husband Javier Bardem, which focuses on the love affair between drug lord Pablo Escobar and Colombian journalist Virginia Vallejo.
Murder on the Orient Express is set to starting shooting soon, and will eventually roll in on November 22, 2017.
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