Netflix confirms The Thursday Murder Club film release date and full cast
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Netflix has confirmed the release date for the film adaptation of The Thursday Murder Club which is based off of BBC presenter Richard Osman's best selling murder mystery novel. Directed by Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone filmmaker Chris Columbus, The Thursday Murder Club is set to arrive on the streaming platform later this summer on August 28.
Starring Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley and Celia Imrie, the foursome play a group of senior sleuths who uncover a murder case which they are willing to risk their lives to solve in this on screen adaptation of Osman's smash hit novel series. The plot follows a group of friends in a retirement home who gather to solve murders for fun but accidentally find themselves caught up in a real case.
Dame Helen Mirren takes on the role of ex-spy Elizabeth Best in the highly-anticipated film while Bridget Jones star Celia Imrie will portray ex-nurse Joyce Meadowcroft. Former 007 agent Pierce Brosnan will star as Ron Ritchie in ex–union activist and Sir Ben Kingsley will play ex-psychiatrist Ibrahim Arif.
Other big stars in the show include David Tennant with the Scots actor set to play Ian Ventham, who is the owner of the luxury retirement village Coopers Chase which is set in the English countryside.
Essex born Osman, who is the creator and former co-presenter of the BBC One television quiz show Pointless, previously expressed his delight in last month at his book being made into a film adaptation
He said: "I'm so proud of this book, so it is a dream to see The Thursday Murder Club in such incredible hands. From Chris Columbus to Amblin to Netflix, there are geniuses everywhere I look. And what a cast. I'm pinching myself."
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Chris Columbus has also gushed over the cast as he told Netflix: "This is the finest cast I've worked with since Potter. They're just so incredibly well-prepared, and it's because they do everything. They do theatre, they do television, they do film, and they've developed those sorts of muscles."
The award winning American director also disclosed some additional casting choices with Line of Duty Star Daniel Mays set to play DCI Chris Hudson, Henry Lloyd-Hughes as Bogdan and Geoff Bell taking on the character of Tony Curran.
Osman, who published The Thursday Murder Club in 2020 continues the book series with 'The Man Who Died Twice', 'The Bullet That Missed', and 'The Last Devil to Die', as well as the newest instalment 'The Impossible Fortune', which is set to be released later this year.
The 54-year-old previously found inspiration for The Thursday Murder Club at his mum's retirement community in the US.
He told Tudum: "You just sit and chat with these people and they've lived these extraordinary lives. You hear these amazing stories and gossip and wisdom. You think, 'These people are so overlooked.'
"The idea that these people with their wisdom and their invisibility would be the perfect people to solve [a crime] is exactly where The Thursday Murder Club comes from. Take these people who are underestimated but who have these incredible skills, put them together, and they can achieve anything.'
The full cast can be found here:
Helen Mirren as Elizabeth Best
Pierce Brosnan as Ron Ritchie
Sir Ben Kingsley as Ibrahim Arif
Celia Imrie as Joyce Meadowcroft
Naomi Ackie as Donna de Freitas
Jonathan Pryce as Stephen Best
David Tennant as Ian Ventham
Daniel Mays as DCI Chris Hudson
Henry Lloyd-Hughes as Bogdan Jankowski
Geoff Bell as Tony Curran
Richard E Grant as TBC
Tom Ellis as TBC
Paul Freeman as TBC
Sarah Niles as TBC
Ingrid Oliver as TBC
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