\n\tWatch out Knives Out 3<\/a>! <\/em>Another Netflix murder mystery film, The Thursday Murder Club<\/a><\/em>, is in the works from Steven Spielberg<\/a>\u2019s Amblin Entertainment and Netflix, based on a book by BBC game show host and British TV presenter Richard Osman<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tThe cast was stacked from the start, and production on the film was set to start in June of 2024. Osman confirmed the news<\/a> of the film\u2019s development on his podcast The Rest Is Entertainment<\/em> in April 2024.<\/p>\n \n\tRead on for everything we know about The Thursday Murder Club<\/em> movie:<\/p>\n \n\tWhen does The Thursday Murder Club<\/em> movie come out?<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tThe film will arrive August 28 on Netflix.<\/p>\n \n\tIs The Thursday Murder Club<\/em> in production?<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tProduction ran from June to September 2024.<\/p>\n \n\tWhat is The Thursday Murder Club<\/em> about?<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tBased on the novel by Osman, the story traces a group of old friends who solve murders for fun at their retirement home only to find themselves with a real case on their hands. The core group of four friends have to sift through the suspects to find out who committed the crime.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t(L-R) Celia Imrie, Ben Kingsley, Helen Mirren and Pierce Brosnan in \u2018The Thursday Murder Club\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNetflix<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n \n\tOsman has three more books in the series \u2014 The Man Who Died Twice, The Bullet That Missed, <\/em>and The Last Devil to Die<\/em>.<\/p>\n \n\tWho will be in The Thursday Murder Club<\/em> Movie?<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tPierce Brosnan will play former union activist Ron, Helen Mirren will play ex-spy Elizabeth, Kingsley will play Ibrahim, an ex-psychiatrist and Celia Imrie will portray the fourth member of the club \u2014 Joyce, an ex-nurse. Mirren, Brosnan and Kingsley\u2019s castings<\/a> were announced before Imrie boarded the project.<\/p>\n \n\tRELATED: \u2018Thursday Murder Club\u2019 Author Reveals He Interviewed To Be A Spy With MI6 But Was \u201cToo Tall And Couldn\u2019t Lie\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tThe next round of castings<\/a> revealed that Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes<\/em>), Henry Lloyd-Hughes (We Were the Lucky Ones<\/em>, Killing Eve<\/em>), Naomi Ackie (Blink Twice, Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody<\/em>), Daniel Mays (Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget<\/em>) and David Tennant (Doctor Who<\/em>) would join the film.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNetflix<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n \n\tLast but not least, Tom Ellis (Lucifer<\/em>), Ingrid Oliver (Doctor Who<\/em>), Sarah Niles (Ted Lasso<\/em>), Paul Freeman (Raiders of the Lost Ark<\/em>) and Richard E. Grant Withnail & I<\/em>) boarded the project<\/a> in July 2024.<\/p>\n \n\tWho is directing The Thursday Murder Club <\/em>movie?<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tChris Columbus (Home Alone<\/em>, Mrs. Doubtfire<\/em>, and the first two Harry Potter<\/em> films) will direct and adapt the best-selling book.<\/p>\n \n\tWho else is behind The Thursday Murder Club <\/em>movie?<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tSteven Spielberg bought the rights to adapt the book from Osman in September 2020. His Amblin Entertainment production company has a partnership with Netflix, and the streamer joined<\/a> the deal package soon after it was first announced.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\tWatch on Deadline\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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