The Thursday Murder Club movie will see Richard Osman's smash-hit book coming to the big screen, with filming well under way in England.
Above is the first official picture from the film where Richard is joined by the cast. Netflix released the snap to mark the fact filming had started on the London set. We note that Helen Mirren is clutching the bestselling book in the picture.
In early 2020, Amblin revealed they had acquired the worldwide movie rights to the first Thursday Murder Club book, ahead of its publication. The book went on to become a best-seller and spawned a number of sequels that saw his septuagenarian super-sleuths tackling even more cases.
Richard Osman recently teased his next book series, "We Solve Murders" (released September 12), and he's let slip that the new thriller's already been snapped up by Netflix, but we're still impatiently waiting to see his first laugh-out-loud mystery brought to life.
Here's everything we know about the Thursday Murder Club movie right now...
The Thursday Murder Club movie release date
We don't have a confirmed release date for The Thursday Murder Club movie. But given how quickly filming is moving might a Christmas 2024 release date happen? It certainly feels like a good time to release the film.
Richard posted this recent picture update from filming on Instagram, writing: "And here's one of the whole lot of us. L-R: Ibrahim Arif, Elizabeth Best, Steven Spielberg, Me, Chris Columbus, Joyce Meadowcroft, Ron Ritchie."
The Thursday Murder Club movie cast
Helen Mirren is Elizabeth Best in the movie, with Pierce Brosnan on hand as Ron Ritchie, Sir Ben Kingsley playing Ibrahim Arif and Celia Imrie as Joyce Meadowcroft.
Also in the cast are David Tennant, Daniel Mays, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Naomi Ackie and Jonathan Pryce. In his podcast, Richard Osman revealed that ex Bond villain Pryce plays Elizabeth's husband while Naomi Ackie plays cop Donna.
In a further casting announcement, Richard E. Grant (Withnail & I, Can You Ever Forgive Me?), Tom Ellis (Lucifer, Players), Geoff Bell (Kingsman: The Secret Service and Top Boy), Paul Freeman (Tokyo Trial, Raiders of the Lost Ark), Sarah Niles (Ted Lasso, F1) and Ingrid Oliver (Last Christmas, Doctor Who) have all been added.
What's the plot for The Thursday Murder Club movie?
We'd expect the plot of The Thursday Murder Club plot to follow the events of the book.
The first novel introduces us to Cooper's Chase, a peaceful retirement community where four unlikely friends (Ron, Elizabeth, Joyce, and Ibrahim) meet up once a week and discuss unsolved murders at the titular club.
When a shady property developer is found dead on their doorstep, the four friends find themselves caught in the middle of their first live case, and set about trying to catch the killer.
Who's directing The Thursday Murder Club movie?
Chris Columbus (Harry Potter, Home Alone) is behind the camera for The Thursday Murder Club movie.
Is there a trailer?
Not yet.
The Thursday Murder Club books
Osman has penned a total of four Thursday Murder Club books so far, each of which sees the gang unravelling a new mystery.
If you'd like to tackle the series in preparation for the Thursday Murder Club movie, you can find Amazon links to each of the author's witty crime capers below:
