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Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan Search for Killer in 'Thursday Murder Club'

UK, AUG 7 – The film adaptation features an all-star cast led by Helen Mirren and Pierce Brosnan and is expected to be one of Netflix's biggest hits of the year, releasing on Aug 28.

  • On Friday, 28th August, Netflix releases The Thursday Murder Club, the first film adaptation of Richard Osman’s smash-hit series.
  • Amid its bestselling run, producer Steven Spielberg secured rights after Osman penned five novels, with the fifth, The Impossible Fortune, slated for release later this year.
  • Among the footage, British film legends Helen Mirren, Ben Kingsley, Pierce Brosnan and Celia Imrie star as retirees investigating a village murder, with Brosnan playing retired spy Ron Ritchie.
  • Days before its debut, Netflix dropped fans’ first full trailer for The Thursday Murder Club, featuring Elizabeth Best inviting Joyce Meadowcroft. Netflix released the trailer this month.
  • Future projections suggest the Chris Columbus-directed film, based on Richard Osman’s fifth novel The Impossible Fortune, is expected to become a major hit on Netflix this year.
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London Post broke the news in on Thursday, August 7, 2025.
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