First look at Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club Netflix series

Based on the best-selling novel by UK media identity Richard Osman, The Thursday Murder Club feature film will debut on Netflix on August 28.

Osman is an interesting media personality with prominent roles both on-screen and behind the camera as a media executive.

He is best known to Australian audiences as the co-host of game show Pointless. He also hosts the BBC game show Richard Osman's House of Games, which was recently adapted in Australia for the ABC as Claire Hooper's House of Games. Behind the camera he worked on studio-based shows for Hat Trick Productions and later became Creative Director at Endemol UK.

Media enthusiasts may also know Osman as the co-host of the hugely successful The Rest is Entertainment podcast, alongside Marina Hyde. The two share insider information about how TV is produced, regularly answering emails from listeners.

In 2020 Osman released his first book, The Thursday Murder Club. It was a Sunday Times number one bestseller and he has followed it with a further three books in the series. A fifth book is due later this year.

The Netflix adaptation of the book was produced by Amblin Entertainment for Netflix and directed by Chris Columbus (Gremlins, Home Alone, Pixels). It has a who's who of British screen actors including Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, Celia Imrie, Naomi Ackie, Daniel Mays, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Tom Ellis, Jonathan Pryce, David Tennant, Paul Freeman, Geoff Bell, Richard E. Grant, and Ingrid Oliver.

Today saw the release of the first teaser trailer for the movie:

The official synopsis: Based on Richard Osman’s international bestselling novel of the same name, The Thursday Murder Club follows four irrepressible retirees - Elizabeth (Helen Mirren), Ron (Pierce Brosnan), Ibrahim (Ben Kingsley) and Joyce (Celia Imrie) - who spend their time solving cold case murders for fun. When an unexplained death occurs on their own doorstep, their casual sleuthing takes a thrilling turn as they find themselves with a real whodunit on their hands.

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