Richard Osman Explains Why He Didn’t Write the Film Adaptation of ‘Thursday Homicide Membership’

Richard Osman is well-known for lots of fascinating issues, together with being the creator of the bestselling Thursday Murder Club mystery novels. As of this present day, the sequence consists of 4 books: The Thursday Homicide Membership (2020), The Man Who Died Twice (2021), The Bullet That Missed (2022), and The Final Satan To Die (2023). Osman is already engaged on a fifth novel within the sequence, which is scheduled for launch this 12 months; in the meantime, Netflix has adapted the first book, which may even hit the streamer this 12 months.

Regardless of penning this acclaimed novel, Osman had nothing to do with the script for the upcoming movie, which was written by Chris Columbus and Katy Brand. Explaining why he made such a call, the TV presenter mentioned on the BBC Bookclub:

“It was a deliberate alternative since you’re both actually concerned otherwise you’re not, and I truthfully would reasonably spend my time writing one other e-book than getting concerned in all of that, so I completely left them to it.”

Talking of writing another book, Osman is midway by penning the fifth e-book within the Thursday Homicide Membership sequence, which has but to have an actual launch date, similar to the Netflix film. Even so, filming has already wrapped on the difference, and very quickly, keen followers will see the stellar ensemble cast, together with Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, and Celia Imrie, convey this masterpiece to life.

What Is ‘The Thursday Homicide Membership’ About?

Even with Osman not writing The Thursday Homicide Membership film adaptation, followers can count on it to stay devoted to the unique novel, which follows pensioners Elizabeth Greatest, Ron Ritchie, Joyce Meadowcroft, and Ibrahim Arif as they set about fixing the thriller of the homicide of a property developer within the luxurious Cooper’s Chase retirement village close to the fictional village of Fairhaven in Kent. Equally, the Netflix pic is teased as such:

“4 septuagenarian mates reside in a retirement neighborhood and clear up chilly instances for enjoyable. However when a shady property developer is discovered useless, the 4 discover themselves in the course of their first reside crime.”

Others who star on this thrilling homicide thriller adaptation are David Tennant, Jonathan Pryce, Naomi Ackie, Daniel Mays, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Richard E. Grant, Tom Ellis, Geoff Bell, Paul Freeman, Sarah Niles, and Ingrid Oliver. Columbus directed, whereas Steven Spielberg and Jennifer Todd produced.

The Thursday Homicide Membership will debut on Netflix in 2025. Keep tuned to Collider for extra British homicide thriller information forward of the movie’s arrival.