After months of suspense and fan speculation that could rival a whodunit plot itself, Netflix has finally pulled the curtain back on the OTT release date for The Thursday Murder Club. Drumroll, please¡ the long-awaited mystery comedy lands on Thursday, 28 August 2025.
Based on Richard Osman¡¯s runaway bestselling novel, the film has been buzzing ever since its announcement, and with good reason.?
This isn¡¯t just your average crime thriller, it is a golden-age murder mystery with serious star power. We are talking Helen Mirren as the suave ex-spy Elizabeth Best, Pierce Brosnan bringing swagger as union man Ron Ritchie, Sir Ben Kingsley playing brainy psychiatrist Ibrahim Arif, and Celia Imrie lighting up the screen as nurse-turned-sleuth Joyce Meadowcraft.
The first stills from the film have just dropped, and yes, the internet is collectively losing it. The images tease our favourite retired mischief-makers in full investigative mode, trench coats, tea, and all. Plus, we get sneak peeks at Naomi Ackie as the no-nonsense police officer Donna and Henry Lloyd-Hughes as everyone's lowkey crush, Bogdan.
And just when you thought the cast could not possibly get any better, guess who¡¯s joining the murder-mayhem fun? None other than David Tennant, playing the very shady (and possibly very murdery?) businessman Ian Ventham. While his official first-look image is still MIA, fans are already theorising like true crime TikTokers.
Although there is chatter that the film might hit theatres before the Netflix drop,? ¨¤ la Netflix¡¯s usual cinema-preview strategy, an official cinema date is still under wraps. Stay tuned and keep those popcorn buckets close.
Oh, and before you binge it in August, you might want to revisit (or read for the first time) the original novel. And maybe the sequels too,? because Osman¡¯s fifth Thursday Murder Club book drops this September. Yes, it is a whole universe now.