Could Netflix have a new hit on its hands? That’s something to check out with The Thursday Murder Club, an adaptation of Richard Osman’s bestseller. Published in 2020, in the midst of a pandemic, this book took the reader out of the anxiety of being arrested on a huge pitch: a police investigation into a nursing home.
The story tells about a group of residents at Coopers Chase Retirement Village. Every Thursday they get together to solve fictional crimes just for fun until they find themselves in a real case.
Netflix is thinking big for this adaptation. In the cast we find Helen Mirren (The Queen) as a former spy, Pierce Brosnan (James Bond) as a former activist, Celia Imrie (Bridget Jones) as a former nurse and Ben Kingsley. (Gandhi) as a former physicist.
Netflix released the first photo of the actors on the set:
Also joining the cast are Jonathan Pryce (The Crown), Richard E. Grant (Star Wars), David Tennant (Doctor Who), Naomie Ack (Lady Macbeth), Henry Lloyd-Hughes (Killing Eve) and Sarah Niles (Ted Lasso).
The film is directed by Chris Columbia, the director of the first two Harry Potter films.
Thursday Murder Club, coming soon to Netflix.
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