‘The Thursday Murder Club’: Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley to Star in Murder Mystery!!

Amblin Entertainment is filling out the cast for its upcoming murder mystery film The Thursday Murder Club, and is bringing together a group of A-listers for the project. Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, and Ben Kingsley are being eyed to star in the film, according to Variety. The project also has a big name attached behind the camera, as Chris Columbus, the filmmaker behind the Home Alone franchise and the first two Harry Potter films, is slated to direct.

The film will be based on the book of the same name by Richard Osman released in 2020.The book followed a group of four elderly friends living in a retirement home in the United Kingdom. In their spare time, the group solve cold case mysteries for fun. However, they find themselves launched into a case that hits close to home when a local property manager is murdered, launching an effort to find the culprit. Mirren, Brosnan, and Kingsley would play three of the four elderly mystery solvers. The book itself launched a series of sequels, The Man Who Died Twice, The Bullet That Missed, and The Last Devil to Die. A fifth book is slated for release in 2025.

The book was highly acclaimed when it was released, and there were no shortage of takers to adapt it for the screen. Amblin won the rights following a bidding war that involved 14 film studios, according to Variety. Initially, Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! director Ol Parker was slated to direct, but seems to have been replaced by Columbus. “The cast for #TheThursdayMurderClub movie is insanely great, I think people are going to love it,” Osman wrote on X.

The Film Has Heavy Hitters Attached

With Mirren, Brosnan, and Kingsley, The Thursday Murder Club has some of the best in the business onboard. Mirren‘s career spans decades and includes starring roles in classics such as Caligula, The Queen, Prime Suspect and The Long Good Friday. The recipient of numerous Academy Award, Emmy Award, and Golden Globe nominations, Mirren was recently the narrator in Barbie and has a lead role in Paramount‘s Yellowstone spinoff 1923.

Brosnan is best known for portraying the iconic spy James Bond in four 007 films: GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, and Die Another Day. His role as Bond launched him to worldwide stardom, and Brosnan has since been seen in films such as Mrs. Doubtfire, The Thomas Crown Affair, and the Mamma Mia! series. He will next be seen in the film Unholy Trinity alongside Samuel L. Jackson. Kingsley is perhaps best known for his role as Mahatma Gandhi in the biopic Gandhi, which garnered him an Academy Award for Best Actor. He is also known for his leading roles in films such as Shutter Island, Schindler’s List, Hugo, and Tuck Everlasting. He will next be seen in the upcoming MCU series Wonder Man on Disney+.