Netflix orders star-studded The Thursday Murder Club film
David Farnor | On 27, Apr 2024
Netflix is setting up The Thursday Murder Club and has invited a host of star-studded actors join it.
The new film is based on the book from Richard Osman, which was published in 2020 and has been followed by The Man Who Died Twice, The Bullet That Missed and The Last Devil To Die. Steven Spielberg reportedly bought the rights to the first book in 2020, and now the film is taking shape, as part of an ongoing partnership between Spielberg’s studio, Amblin, and Netflix – which includes the upcoming Carry-On, starring Jason Bateman and Taron Egerton.
Chris Columbus will direct the film, with Jennifer Todd producing and Holly Bario, Jeb Brody and Eleanor Columbus exec-producing.
The story follows a group of friends in a retirement home who gather to solve murders for fun, but find themselves caught in a real case. Netflix has assembled an impressive cast to play them including Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Sir Ben Kingsley. Mirren will play ex-spy Elizabeth, Kingsley will play ex-psychiatrist Ibrahim and Brosnan will play former union activist Ron.
Osman commented: “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.”