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The Thursday Murder Club movie: release date, cast, plot, trailer and everything we know

The Thursday Murder Club members Elizabeth (Helen Mirren), Ibrahim (Ben Kingsley), Ron (Pierce Brosnan) and Joyce (Celia Imrie).

The Thursday Murder Club movie will see Richard Osman's smash-hit book coming to the big screen in August 2025.

The makers have also released a string of first look pictures, including the main picture above, showing the gang, and now a trailer and a poster!

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 has started another book series, and Netflix is also planning to make that into a movie, so expect a We Solve Murders film too.

Here's everything we know about the Thursday Murder Club movie right now...

The Thursday Murder Club movie release date

Netflix has confirmed the Thursday Murder Club movie will be released on Thursday, August 28, 2025.

In the UK, the film will also be getting a limited release in some movie theatres on Friday, August 22.

The poster for The Thursday Murder Club movie (Image credit: Netflix)

The Thursday Murder Club movie cast

Thursday Murder Club members Joyce (Celia Imrie), Ibrahim (Ben Kingsley), Elizabeth (Helen Mirren), and Ron (Pierce Brosnan) (Image credit: Giles Keyte/Netflix)

Helen Mirren is Elizabeth Best in the movie, with Pierce Brosnan on hand as Ron Ritchie, Sir Ben Kingsley playing Ibrahim Arif and Celia Imrie as Joyce Meadowcroft.

Also in the cast are David Tennant, Daniel Mays, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Naomi Ackie and Jonathan Pryce. In his podcast, Richard Osman revealed that ex Bond villain Pryce plays Elizabeth's husband while Naomi Ackie plays cop Donna.

In a further casting announcement, Richard E. Grant (Withnail & I, Can You Ever Forgive Me?), Tom Ellis (Lucifer, Players), Geoff Bell (Kingsman: The Secret Service and Top Boy), Paul Freeman (Tokyo Trial, Raiders of the Lost Ark), Sarah Niles (Ted Lasso, F1) and Ingrid Oliver (Last Christmas, Doctor Who) have all been added.

What's the plot for The Thursday Murder Club movie? 

Elizabeth (Helen Mirren), Ron (Pierce Brosnan), Ibrahim (Ben Kingsley) are on the case (Image credit: Giles Keyte/Netflix)

The first novel introduces us to Cooper's Chase, a peaceful retirement community where four unlikely friends (Ron, Elizabeth, Joyce, and Ibrahim) 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.

However, Richard Osman has said in his podcast we can expect some plot differences from the first book.

"The plot, as I understand it, for the Thursday Murder Club movie is based on the first book but it's not entirely the same, because you have to change things is the truth."

Don't mess with Elizabeth! (Image credit: Keyte/Netflix)

Who's directing The Thursday Murder Club movie? 

Chris Columbus (Harry Potter, Home Alone) is behind the camera for The Thursday Murder Club movie.

Who's written the script of the Thursday Murder Club movie?

Richard Osman with stars Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Sir Ben Kingsley and Celia Imrie (Image credit: Giles Keyte/Netflix)

You might think it's Richard Osman, but it's actually penned by Chris Columbus and Katy Brand (Good Luck To You Leo Grande). Osman said on his podcast that he didn’t actually want to write the script. "With Amblin [Steven Spielberg's production company] and Spielberg, when they came in, they said, 'It's definitely going to be in England, we'll give you that assurance, but someone else is going to write it'."

Is there a trailer?

Yes! Richard Osman says: "I can’t believe that this wonderful cast and crew are bringing the Thursday Murder Club so vividly to life. I’m so proud of the books, and this trailer has made me even more excited about Chris Columbus' film."

Thursday Murder Club movie behind the scenes and more

We have a Thursday Murder Club filming locations guide, but in short it was shot in England in 2024. The prime filming spot was Shepperton Studios in Surrey.

This is the latest film to be produced as part of Netflix and Amblin's movie partnership.

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:

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