Richard Osman has revealed three out of 4 of the lead characters for the forthcoming large display screen adaptation of The Thursday Murder Club.

Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Ben Kingsley will tackle the roles of Elizabeth Best, Ron Ritchie and Ibrahim Arif respectively.

The Pointless host shared the names of the important thing forged members on his bi-weekly podcast The Rest Is Entertainment, which he presents with journalist Marina Hyde.

Chris Columbus - the person behind Home Alone, Mrs Doubtfire and two Harry Potter films - is ready to write down and direct the movie, which is being produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment.

The film is predicated on Osman's debut novel of the identical title which follows a bunch of pals in a retirement residence who remedy chilly circumstances for enjoyable, however change into entangled in an actual homicide.

It is ready in a retirement residence Cooper's Chase, within the fictitious village of Fairhaven in Kent.

Osman mentioned the manufacturing will happen from "the end of June to September" within the UK.

The fourth primary character, a retired nurse known as Joyce Meadowcroft, has not but been confirmed.

Osman hinted on the casting, saying: "Joyce, we're still in negotiations but again the name is the one that people most shout at me in the street".

He teased: "Lots more casting to come in the following weeks."

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An adaptation of the novel was first confirmed in 2020 after Amblin Partners secured rights in a aggressive public sale.

The fastest-selling grownup crime debut, Osman has since written three extra books within the collection, with a fifth due out subsequent 12 months.

Before turning into a widely known face on quiz exhibits together with Pointless and Richard Osman's House Of Games, the quiz grasp and writer labored as a TV leisure govt, producing exhibits together with 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Deal Or No Deal and Whose Line Is It Anyway?