Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley and Celia Imrie opened Chris Columbus’s film of Richard Osman’s bestselling mystery in Leicester Square.
The Thursday Murder Club, Chris Columbus’s film of Richard Osman’s novel, held its world premiere in Leicester Square in the West End on Thursday 21 August 2025. Helen Mirren led the cast on the carpet.
Mirren was born Ilyena Lydia Mironoff in London in 1945. She began with the National Youth Theatre, playing Cleopatra in 1965, and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company before her West End debut in 1975.
She led the television crime series Prime Suspect, and her honours include an Academy Award. Playing Elizabeth II in Peter Morgan’s The Audience won her the Olivier and then the Tony. She was made a Dame in 2003.
Columbus adapted Osman’s 2020 novel. Mirren played Elizabeth, one of four residents of the Coopers Chase retirement village who are drawn into a murder investigation.
Pierce Brosnan played Ron, Ben Kingsley played Ibrahim and Celia Imrie played Joyce, and all four walked the carpet together. Naomi Ackie and Richard E. Grant joined them from the supporting cast.
The film played in selected British cinemas from 22 August. Netflix released it on 28 August 2025.