The Thursday Murder Club (film)

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The Thursday Murder Club
Directed by Chris Columbus
Screenplay by
Story by Richard Osman
Based on The Thursday Murder Club
by Richard Osman
Produced by
Starring
Edited by Dan Zimmerman
Music by Thomas Newman
Production
companies
Distributed by Netflix
Release date
  • 2025 (2025)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Thursday Murder Club is an upcoming British crime comedy film directed by Chris Columbus from a screenplay he co-wrote with Katy Brand, based on the 2020 novel by Richard Osman. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, Celia Imrie, David Tennant, Jonathan Pryce, Naomi Ackie, Daniel Mays, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Richard E. Grant, Tom Ellis, Geoff Bell, Paul Freeman, Sarah Niles and Osman’s real life wife Ingrid Oliver. Its plot follows a group of elderly amateur sleuths who attempt to solve a murder.

Contents

The Thursday Murder Club is scheduled to be released by Netflix in 2025.

Premise

Septuagenarian amateur sleuths attempt to solve a murder. One was a spy, one was a nurse, one was a trade union official and one was a psychiatrist. [1]

Cast

Production

On March 5, 2022, it was announced that Ol Parker would write and direct a film adaptation of Richard Osman's debut novel The Thursday Murder Club for Amblin Entertainment, after Amblin acquired the worldwide rights to the project, with Jennifer Todd serving as producer and Osman serving as executive producer. [2] [3] In March 2023, Osman said filming was set to begin in September 2023 with Steven Spielberg as producer. [4] In November 2023, it was reported that filming was scheduled to begin in March 2024. [5] However, in February 2024 Osman said he was hopeful filming would commence in August 2024 after delays during the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes. [6] In April 2024, Chris Columbus was announced to replace Parker as writer, co-producer and director. [3] A few days later, it was announced that the project had been acquired by Netflix. [7]

Casting

In May 2024, Celia Imrie joined the cast as Joyce, with Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Ben Kingsley also part of the main cast. [8] In June 2024, David Tennant, Jonathan Pryce, Naomi Ackie, Daniel Mays and Henry Lloyd-Hughes joined the cast. [9] Katy Brand announced on Instagram that she had written the final screenplay for the film on June 18. [10] In July 2024, Richard E. Grant, Ingrid Oliver and Tom Ellis were amongst those added to the cast. [11]

Filming

Principal photography began on 27 June 2024, at Shepperton Studios. [12] [13] Filming also took place in Beaconsfield in July 2024. [14] On 11 September, 2024, Osman appeared on The Chris Moyles Show and revealed that filming would wrap the same day. [15]

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  2. ↑ Kroll, Justin (March 5, 2020). "'Mamma Mia 2' Director Ol Parker to Helm Adaptation of Richard Osman's Novel for Amblin (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety . Retrieved April 27, 2024.
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