Thursday Murder Club cast brings Richard E. Grant to Netflix film

Netflix has six new actors for The Thursday Murder Clubthe upcoming feature film adaptation of Richard Osman’s bestselling novel.

According to Deadline, Richard E. Grant (“Can You Ever Forgive Me?”), Tom Ellis (“Lucifer”), Geoff Bell (“Kingsman: The Secret Service”), Paul Freeman (“Raiders of the Lost Ark”), Sarah Niles (“Ted Lasso”) and Ingrid Oliver (“Doctor Who”) are the newest cast members of the “Thursday Murder Club”.

Grant is best known for his Oscar-nominated role in Can You Ever Forgive Me? Grant recently appeared as Sir James Catton in Saltburn and as Fowler in Argylle. The veteran actor will have a recurring role in HBO’s The Franchise, a comedy series about a crew working to produce a superhero film.

These six actors join an impressive cast that includes Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Sir Ben Kingsley, Celia Imrie, David Tennant, Daniel Mays, Naomi Ackie, Jonathan Pryce and Henry Lloyd-Hughes.

What awaits you at the Thursday Murder Club?

According to Netflix, “The story follows a group of friends in a retirement home who meet for fun to solve murders, but then find themselves embroiled in a real case.”

The main members of the Thursday Murder Club are Elizabeth (Mirren), a former spy, Ibrahim (Kingsley), a former psychiatrist, Ron (Brosnan), a former union activist, and Joyce (Imrie), a former nurse.

Chris Columbus writes and directs The Thursday Murder Club. This is Columbus’ first directorial effort since 2020’s The Christmas Chronicles 2. The film is the latest project from the new partnership between Netflix and Amblin. Columbus is a producer on the film alongside Jennifer Todd. Executive producers include Holly Bario, Jeb Brody, Eleanor Columbus and Jo Burn.

Production on The Thursday Murder Club is currently underway. The film does not yet have a release date.

(Source: Deadline)