The Thursday Murder Club, a movie based on Richard Osman's popular 2020 novel of the same name, marks the return of filmmaker Chris Columbus after a short break (his most recent film was The Christmas Chronicles 2). Columbus is the director of two Home Alone films as well as the first two entries in the Harry Potter series. The cast of the movie is varied, including Helen Mirren (Golda), Ben Kingsley (Teen Patti), Celia Imrie, Pierce Brosnan (Black Adam), David Tennant, Jonathan Pryce, Naomi Ackie, Daniel Mays, Richard E Grant, and many others.

What is The Thursday Murder Club about?

It's been known for some time that Netflix will carry The Thursday Murder Club, and the streaming service had even revealed the release date over a month prior—the movie will be available for streaming worldwide on August 28, 2025. However, the first trailer for The Thursday Murder Club, which introduces the four friends at a retirement community who have established The Thursday Murder Club at Coopers Chase to solve old cases, was released on May 29. However, they start looking into a live murder that lands in their laps.

Helen Mirren plays ex-spy Elizabeth, Ben Kingsley is ex-psychiatrist Ibrahim, Pierce Brosnan portrays ex–union activist Ron, and Celia Imrie takes on the role of ex-nurse Joyce. There are four other books in Osman’s series, so, rest assured there will be more films featuring this quartet.

In an official statement for Netflix, the director said that The Thursday Murder Club has the finest cast he’s worked with since Potter, with whom he’s made a “moving, hilarious, edge-of-your-seat adventure”. “There’s a wonderful mystery at its core, so mystery fans will be happy. Thematically, it’s interesting that we’ve got four elderly people in a retirement community, who are fascinated by death and murder. They are facing their own demise, yet at the same time they are obsessed with studying cold cases. It’s comedic, but it’s also very emotional,” said Chris.
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