Washington [US], July 9 (ANI): Actors Richard E Grant and Tom Ellis have joined the cast of the film ‘The Thursday Murder Club’, which is based on the novel series by Richard Osman, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The cast includes Geoff Bell (Kingsman: The Secret Service, Top Boy), Paul Freeman (Tokyo Trial, Raiders of the Lost Ark), Sarah Niles (Ted Lasso, F1), and Ingrid Oliver (Last Christmas, Doctor Who) join a star-studded lineup including Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, Celia Imrie, David Tennant, Jonathan Pryce, Naomi Ackie, Daniel Mays and Henry Lloyd-Hughes.
The movie, which stars Chris Columbus from the Harry Potter series as director and writer, centres on a group of pals who get together in a retirement community to investigate crimes for fun but wind up being entangled in a real-life case. Mirren (the former spy Elizabeth), Kingsley (the former psychiatrist Ibrahim), Brosnan (the former union activist Ron), and Imrie (the former nurse Joyce) portray the four club members.
Following its much-praised publication, Osman’s work has quickly established itself as a classic among British crime thrillers.
It is the most recent picture to be made as part of the collaboration between Netflix and Amblin, which also includes the forthcoming Carry-On, starring Taron Egerton and Jason Bateman.
Columbus and Jennifer Todd serve as producers on The Thursday Murder Club, while Holly Bario, Jeb Brody, Eleanor Columbus, Jo Burn and author Osman are executive producers, according to The Hollywood Reporter. (ANI)
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