The Thursday Murder Club movie will see Richard Osman's smash-hit book coming to the big screen, with filming now finally starting. Yes, Richard has tweeted that filming has kicked off as of June 2024!
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, 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.
Details about the film have been kept under wraps for a while. But things have really started getting going, with a lot of the cast now announced and shooting underway.
Here's everything we know about the Thursday Murder Club movie right now,...
The Thursday Murder Club movie release date
As of our latest update, we still don't have a confirmed release date for The Thursday Murder Club movie.
Osman has confirmed that filming has started with shooting taking place from the end of June through to September, "all in England".
First day of filming for the Thursday Murder Club film today. Good luck to cast and crew. Photos when I have them!June 27, 2024
The Thursday Murder Club movie cast
We finally have a clearer idea of who our cast will be. A recent update linked a former 007 to the Thursday Murder Club movie, teasing that Pierce Brosnan, Helen Mirren and Ben Kingsley all had lead roles in the film.
Just days later, Richard Osman confirmed this was true. On that same ep of The Rest is Entertainment, he revealed Helen Mirren had been cast as Elizabeth Best in the movie, with Pierce Brosnan on hand as Ron Ritchie, and Sir Ben Kingsley playing Ibrahim Arif.
While the cast announcement went down well with fans, everyone wondered who would play calm and kind Joyce Meadowcroft. However, the wait is over and we now know Calender Girls star Celia Imrie will take on the role after a tweet from Osman in May 2024. Now, we have further casting with David Tennant, Daniel Mays, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Naomi Ackie and Jonathan Pryce all joining. In his podcast, Richard Osman revealed that ex Bond villain Pryce plays Elizabeth's husband while Naomi Ackie plays cop Donna.
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 Ron) 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?
In the past, Ol Palmer (Mamma Mia 2) was tapped to helm the project, but Osman has confirmed that Chris Columbus (Harry Potter, Home Alone) will be 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:
