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Pierce Brosnan: 'Thursday Murder Club' has 'lots of heart'
1 of 3 | Pierce Brosnan arrives on the red carpet at the New York premiere of "MobLand" in March. He also stars in "Thursday Murder Club." File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Pierce Brosnan says his upcoming film Thursday Murder Club is "a hoot" with "lots of heart." The actor, 72, and co-star Helen Mirren, 80, stopped by The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday. The feature, which arrives on Netflix Aug. 28, follows retirees Elizabeth (Mirren), Ibrahim (Ben Kingsley), Ron (Brosnan) and Joyce (Celia Imrie) as they attempt to solve a murder related to their community. "It's delightful, it's a hoot. It's got lots of heart, and great cast. I mean, it's an ensemble piece really," Brosnan said of the film. "Hit the ground running on the very first day and we just sat around and had lovely, lovely cups of tea and then did a bit of acting." Mirren added that they all "kind of knew each other" prior to the movie. "It was like the coming together of a group of people who'd been to college together or something," she told Fallon. Chris Columbus, well known for his work on Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, directs the movie, and Naomi Ackie, Daniel Mays, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Tom Ellis, Jonathan Pryce, David Tennant, Paul Freeman, Geoff Bell, Richard E. Grant and Ingrid Oliver also star. Helen Mirren: 35 images of the award-winning star Dame Helen Mirren (L) and husband, Taylor Hackford, arrive at the Directors Guild of America Honors in New York City on December 10, 2000. The couple has been married since 1997. Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/UPI | License Photo
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07-08-2025
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Watch: Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan search for killer in 'Thursday Murder Club'
1 of 3 | Netflix released a new preview for the series on Thursday. Photo courtesy of Netflix Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Helen Mirren hides in a graveyard in a new trailer for The Thursday Murder Club, which arrives on Netflix on Aug. 28. Mirren portrays Elizabeth, a retired spy, and member of the titular club. Mirren, former psychiatrist Ibrahim (Ben KIngsley), ex-union activist Ron (Pierce Brosnan) and former nurse Joyce (Celia Imrie) solve cold cases in their spare time, until a murder prompts them to solve "a real case." "What we need is a man, or a woman, on the inside," Ibrahim says in the trailer released Thursday. Their interest in the case seems to put the group in danger, however. Mirren receives flowers with a note telling her to "back off" in the trailer. The film is directed by Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone's Chris Columbus. Naomi Ackie, Daniel Mays, Henry Lloyd -Hughes, Tom Ellis, Jonathan Pryce, David Tennant, Paul Freeman, Geoff Bell, Richard E. Grant and Ingrid Oliver also star. Helen Mirren: 35 images of the award-winning star Dame Helen Mirren (L) and husband, Taylor Hackford, arrive at the Directors Guild of America Honors in New York City on December 10, 2000. The couple has been married since 1997. Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/UPI | License Photo
