Bonus: Thursday Murder Club movie preview

The film adaptation of Thursday Murder Club is hitting Netflix in a few days. In today’s bonus episode, Brook and Sarah share their thoughts based on the trailer. Subscribe to the Clued in Chronicle (bi-weekly newsletter) to listen to our post-watch recap in September, or join the Clued in Cartel to get it first.

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Thursday Murder Club (2020) Richard Osman

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Transcript

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Sarah	Welcome to a Clued In bonus episode. I’m Sarah.
Brook	And I’m Brook, and we both love mystery.
Sarah	Hi, Brook.
Brook	Hi, Sarah. This is going to be so much fun. We’re doing a little preview episode of a special project we’re working on.
Sarah	That’s right. We’ve read the books. We’ve watched the trailer. The Thursday Murder Club movie is coming out soon, and we wanted to share our thoughts. This episode is for our regular podcast feed, and the follow-up will be released to members of the Clued in Cartel first, before it goes to our newsletter subscribers. It costs as little as $12 per year to join the cartel. And by joining, you get other bonus content, including mini mysteries, extra episodes, and copies of books we release. And you help offset the cost of producing Clued in Mystery.
Sarah	Okay, Brook, let’s get to it. The film is based on the 2020 book of the same name. This trailer is only about 90 seconds long, but it feels like we get a lot of information. What were your first thoughts?
Brook	Well, I think my first impression is Helen Mirren is perfect, right? Like this casting, I think overall is really good, but I think Helen Mirren makes a really great Elizabeth.
Sarah	I agree. And I feel the same way about Ben Kingsley as Ibrahim.
Brook	Absolutely.
Sarah	I, when they announced the casting, wasn’t sure about Pierce Brosnan, but ah the few seconds he’s on screen convinced me that he might work.
Brook	I think the the catch for me was I didn’t envision Ron as being so incredibly attractive, right? Like Pierce Brosnan is that silver fox and that’s not who I had in my head for Ron, but it, gosh, it’ll make a fun ah a layer to the story, won’t it?
Sarah	It will. And, you know, I think Ron is pretty charming and Pierce Brosnan seems like he’s the same. So, I think I think it will work.
Sarah	I’m not familiar with the actress who’s playing Joyce, but she looks exactly like how I picture her from the books.
Brook	Exactly. Yes. I’m not very familiar with her either, but I know I’ve seen her in some things. And I remember thinking that she is just a really great actress. Like she’s going to be perfect for this ah amateur sleuth kind of thing. And the little snippet you see of her when she’s so excited to start ah investigating a real murder is just adorable. And Joyce, I think, is my favorite character in this group. So um I’m I’m really looking forward to seeing her visually.
Sarah	And in the preview, you get flashes of PC Donna De Freitas and Joanna, who is Joyce’s daughter. And I looked ah to see the cast list. It looks like most of the characters from the book appear in this.
Brook	Mm-hmm. Which is interesting because we’re dealing with a movie. You and I have spoken about um when they were talking in the works of putting this together, would it be like a limited series? Would it be just ah ah a movie?
Brook	And, I will admit I was a little disappointed that it wasn’t a series because I think that you can really dive into the book more. But it is a movie. And like you say, most of the characters are there. So, it looks like they’re really going to try to tell the the whole story, which will be great.
Sarah	Yeah, i I mean, I think I am a little bit concerned that we won’t get enough time to really get to know the characters in the way that we do with the book.
Brook	Mm-hmm.
Sarah	And we won’t see the dynamics that make the book so wonderful.
Sarah	But, ah you know, these actors, it may have been difficult to get them to sign on for a series. And there are some other big names associated with this, right?
Sarah	So Chris Columbus um is the director. Steven Spielberg is a producer. I don’t know that they do series.
Brook	Very good point. Very good point. And wow, like these are just some of the biggest names in in filmmaking. So I think that just speaks to what an amazing story Richard Osman, like the the whole world, not just mystery fans, the world has really understood what an incredible um you know story this is.
Brook	And great point, bringing them in for a series is probably not um viable. However, there could be sequels.
Sarah	Absolutely. And I didn’t see anything in the little bit of research that I did. I didn’t see anything to suggest that the rights for the other books have been sold, but I’m i’m certain they have. The rights for this were sold before the book was released.
Brook	Which maybe isn’t all that surprising given Richard Osman’s television history.
Sarah	That’s right. So, he was a TV presenter ah before he started writing. And so he’s, you know, very familiar with kind of that side of things. um I wonder if he will make a cameo.
Sarah	So in, you know, I know um Alfred Hitchcock would make cameos in his films. In the Inspector Morse series, Colin Dexter, who’s the creator, the author of of the books that the series is based on, he appeared in almost all of the episodes of that. So it would be so fun, particularly because Richard Osman has some familiarity with being on a on a TV set. I don’t think he’s ever done a um scripted production, but ah you know he would he would be familiar with with kind of the ins and outs of of the industry.
Sarah	It would be super fun to see him um flash up on screen for a moment.
Brook	I love that idea and I hope that they thought of that too because it is such an homage to that ah mystery space thing, right? Like you mentioned Alfred Hitchcock and oh, I hope that that happens. That would be so much fun.
Sarah	Okay. Well, Brook, we will find out very shortly. The film releases on August 28th on Netflix, and we will regroup after we’ve both had a chance to watch and share our thoughts.
Brook	I can’t wait, Sarah. But for today, thank you for joining us on Clued in Mystery. I’m Brook.
Sarah	And I’m Sarah, and we both love mystery.