Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Ben Kingsley 明らかにする/漏らすd as leads for film adaptation of Richard Osman's bestseller The Thursday 殺人 Club

Richard Osman has 明らかにする/漏らすd that the film adaptation of his 調書をとる/予約する?The Thursday 殺人 Club will 星/主役にする Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Ben Kingsley.

The TV presenter, 53, 発表するd the incredible cast on the 最新の episode of his podcast, The 残り/休憩(する) is Entertainment with Marina Hyde, 追加するing that filming is 始める,決める to begin in June.

Dame Helen, 78, will be playing Elizabeth Best, Sir Ben, 80, is portraying Ibrahim Arif and Pierce, 70, will taken on the 役割 of?Ron Ritchie.

The final lead 役割 in the bestelling 探偵,刑事 story,?Joyce Meadowcroft, has not yet been 公式に cast, but Richard teased that a popular fan choice was in 会談

Richard said: 'I'm now 許すd to 公式に 発表する three of the four members of the Thursday 殺人 Club.?

Richard Osman has revealed that the
 film adaptation of his book The Thursday Murder Club will star Helen Mirren as?Elizabeth Best (pictured in February)
Pierce Brosnan is playing?stroppy ex-trade unionist Ron Ritchie (pictured last month)

Richard Osman has 明らかにする/漏らすd that the film adaptation of his 調書をとる/予約する The Thursday 殺人 Club will 星/主役にする Helen Mirren (left), Pierce Brosnan (権利) and Ben Kingsley

Dame Helen, 78, will be playing Elizabeth Best, Sir Ben, 80, is portraying Ibrahim Arif and Pierce, 70, will taken on the 役割 of Ron Ritchie (Ben pictured in 2021)?

The TV presenter, 53, announced the incredible cast on the latest episode of his podcast, The Rest is Entertainment with Marina Hyde, adding that filming is set to begin in June?(Richard pictured in 2021)

The TV presenter, 53, 発表するd the incredible cast on the 最新の episode of his podcast, The 残り/休憩(する) is Entertainment with Marina Hyde, 追加するing that filming is 始める,決める to begin in June?(Richard pictured in 2021)

'Elizabeth is going to be played by the person who people most often shout at me in the street as them wanting them to play Elizabeth... Helen Mirren, which is very exciting.'

'Ibrahim is Sir Ben Kingsley. Ron is going to be played by ? I'm going to say the most handsome man in the world, so he’s going to have to dull himself 負かす/撃墜する a bit... Pierce Brosnan.'

He 追加するd: 'Joyce we're still in 交渉s but again the 指名する is the one that people most shout at me in the street.

Richard went on to 詳細(に述べる) the 事業/計画(する), which Chris Columbus was 発表するd to be directing last week.

He said: 'Lots more casting to come in the に引き続いて weeks. We're filming this summer from end of June to September, all in England'.

Chris, who directed Mrs Doubtfire, Home Alone and the first two Harry Potter films, also wrote The Goonies, which Richard 明らかにする/漏らすd is his wife Ingrid Oliver's 'favourite film of all time'.

He 追加するd: 'He's working on the script at the moment'.

Richard went on: 'Mirren, Kingsley, Brosnan ? I can see the poster now. As summer goes on, any questions for the Q&A 版 [of the podcast] about Ben Kingsley, his 見解(をとる)s on things, just ask me. I'll be having tea with him on a bus...'?

Chris Columbus (pictured in 2021) was announced to be directing the movie last week, and Richard revealed:?'He's working on the script at the moment'

Chris Columbus (pictured in 2021) was 発表するd to be directing the movie last week, and Richard 明らかにする/漏らすd:?'He's working on the script at the moment'

The Thursday Murder Club follows a group of pensioners in a middle-class retirement village, who set about solving the murder of a property developer

The Thursday 殺人 Club follows a group of pensioners in a middle-class 退職 village, who 始める,決める about solving the 殺人 of a 所有物/資産/財産 developer

Richard wrote the book over 18 months in secret and it was soon at the centre of a 10-way bidding war, before Penguin Random House bought the rights for a seven-figure sum in 2019 (pictured in 2021)

Richard wrote the 調書をとる/予約する over 18 months in secret and it was soon at the centre of a 10-way bidding war, before Penguin 無作為の House bought the 権利s for a seven-人物/姿/数字 sum in 2019 (pictured in 2021)

The sequel The Man Who Died Twice was released in 2021
The next book, The Bullet That Missed, came out in 2022
And The Last Devil to Die came out in 2023, with a fifth planned to be published next year

It was followed by three sequels, The Man Who Died Twice in 2021, The 弾丸 That 行方不明になるd in 2022 and The Last Devil to Die in 2023, with a fifth planned to be published next year

The novels have turned into a runaway success story, selling more than 10 million copies globally (Richard pictured in 2013)

The novels have turned into a runaway success story, selling more than 10 million copies globally (Richard pictured in 2013)

The Thursday 殺人 Club follows a group of pensioners in a?middle-class 退職 village, who 始める,決める about solving the 殺人? of a 所有物/資産/財産 developer.

The a ギャング(団) of amateur sleuths are made up of retired spook Elizabeth, stroppy ex-貿易(する) unionist Ron, former nurse Joyce and psychiatrist Ibrahim.

Richard wrote the 調書をとる/予約する?over 18 months in secret and it was soon at the centre of a 10-way bidding war, before Penguin 無作為の House bought the 権利s for a seven-人物/姿/数字 sum in 2019.

On its 出版(物) in 2020, The Thursday 殺人 Club became the only 調書をとる/予約する to have sold more than one million copies in the same year as its 解放(する) and the third-highest-selling hardback novel after Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol and JK Rowling’s Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows.

It was followed by three sequels, The Man Who Died Twice in 2021, The 弾丸 That 行方不明になるd in 2022 and The Last Devil to Die in?2023, with a fifth planned to be published next year.

The novels have turned into a runaway success story, selling more than 10 million copies globally.

The film 権利s to the 調書をとる/予約する were soon snapped up by 伝説の director Steven Spielberg with his 生産/産物 company?Amblin Entertainment (警官の)巡回区域,受持ち区域ing off 競争 from 13 other studios.

初めは the film was 始める,決める to be written and directed Ol Parker, with 狙撃 始める,決める to begin in March, with Meryl Streep and Viola Davis rumoured to 星/主役にする.

The film rights to the book were soon snapped up by legendary director Steven Spielberg (pictured last week) with his production company Amblin Entertainment beating off competition from 13 other studios

The film 権利s to the 調書をとる/予約する were soon snapped up by 伝説の director Steven Spielberg (pictured last week) with his 生産/産物 company Amblin Entertainment (警官の)巡回区域,受持ち区域ing off 競争 from 13 other studios