EXCLUSIVE: David Tennant (Physician Who), Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes), Naomi Ackie (Blink Twice), Daniel Mays (Hen Run: Daybreak of the Nugget) and Henry Lloyd-Hughes (Killing Eve) are becoming a member of Amblin and Netflix’s film The Thursday Homicide Membership.
They be a part of the lately revealed Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, and Celia Imrie. Filming begins later this month.
Chris Columbus is writer-director on the buzzy crime-comedy, which can comply with a bunch of buddies in a retirement dwelling who collect to resolve murders for enjoyable, however discover themselves caught in an actual case. The 4 members of the membership will likely be performed by Mirren (ex-spy Elizabeth), Kingsley (ex-psychiatrist Ibrahim) Brosnan (former union activist Ron) and Imrie (ex-nurse Joyce).
Producers are Jennifer Todd and Chris Columbus. Government producers are Holly Bario, Jeb Brody, Eleanor Columbus and Jo Burn. The movie is predicated on Richard Osman’s 2020 novel of the identical identify.
“There’s some nice names and a few extra names coming as nicely,” Osman mentioned this morning on his podcast The Relaxation Is Leisure. “I believe that is the best British forged assembled for the reason that [Harry Potter] films,” he added.
Osman is understood to tens of millions within the UK because the presenter of BBC recreation present Richard Osman’s Home of Video games and spent years as quizmaster on daytime quiz Pointless. In business circles, he’s recognized for an extended affiliation with Endemol UK (now a part of Banijay UK), rising to Inventive Director on the Huge Brother firm earlier than leaving in 2020.
The movie is the most recent to be produced as a part of Netflix and Amblin’s movie partnership, which additionally consists of the upcoming Carry-On starring Jason Bateman and Taron Egerton.
Mays is repped by Curtis Brown Group & UTA. David Tennant is with Impartial Expertise Group. Jonathan Pryce is repped by Julian Belfrage Associates and Nameless Content material. Henry Lloyd-Hughes is with Speed up and Mosaic. Naomi Ackie is repped by CAA, Hamilton Hodell, Vary Media Companions and Peikoff Mahan Legislation Workplace.
