Irish actor Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren are set to star in the film adaptation of Richard Osman's hit book, The Thursday Murder Club.
The novel is about retirement residents who attempt to investigate murders in their sleepy English village and was Osman's debut book when it was released in April 2021.
Osman confirmed some of the film's main cast in his podcast The Rest Is Entertainment, which he co-presents with the journalist Marina Hyde.
On the podcast, he said: "I’m now allowed to officially announce three of the four members of The Thursday Murder Club.
"So anyway, Elizabeth is going to be played by the person who people most often shout at me in the streets as them wanting to play Elizabeth, so Elizabeth is going to be played by Helen Mirren. Very exciting," he began.
"Joyce - we’re still in negotiations, but again, the name is the one that people most shout at me in the street.
"Ibrahim is Sir Ben Kingsley, so you’ve got Helen Mirren, Sir Ben Kingsley.
"And then for Ron - and Ron for people who haven’t read the book, (he) is a real sort of left-wing bruiser ex-union official.
"So Ron is going to be played by, I’m gonna say the most handsome man in the world so he’s gonna have to dull himself down a bit… Ron is going to be played by Pierce Brosnan."
Osman added that filming takes place from the end of June through to September in England.
He also said that Home Alone and Harry Potter film series director Chris Columbus will be directing and is "working on the script at the moment".
Osman’s latest instalment in The Thursday Murder Club series was The Last Devil To Die, which was released in September 2023.
Source: Press Association
