Cancel all Thursday plans forevermore, for the first trailer for Netflix‘s The Thursday Murder Club has dropped.
Based on Richard Osman’s wildly popular cozy crime novel, the Chris Columbus-directed film will take fans and newcomers into Cooper’s Chase. In this luxe Kent retirement village, four amateur sleuths hit the red yarn wall and solve cold cases in the drawing room over tea.
Elizabeth (Helen Mirren), Ron (Pierce Brosnan), Ibrahim (Ben Kingsley), and Joyce (Celia Imrie) pore over old unsolved case files for fun, but when a real body turns up, their Miss Marple-level skills will be put to the test. And skills they have, with their past careers in espionage, psychiatry, union activism, and medicine proving the perfect combination to track down the culprit.
Adapted for the screen by Katy Brand and Suzanne Heathcote, The Thursday Murder Club looks like it’s going to be as sharp, entertaining, and character-driven as Osman’s book. Sign me the hell up.
The Thursday Murder Club arrives on Netflix August 28.
