Four Retirees Become Sleuths in The Thursday Murder Club

Based on Richard Osman's international bestselling novel of the same name, The Thursday Murder Club follows four irrepressible retirees - Elizabeth (Helen Mirren), Ron (Pierce Brosnan), Ibrahim (Ben Kingsley) and Joyce (Celia Imrie) - who spend their time solving cold case murders for fun.

When an unexplained death occurs on their own doorstep, their casual sleuthing takes a thrilling turn as they find themselves with a real whodunit on their hands.

Directed by Chris Columbus, the film is the latest to be produced through the Netflix and Amblin Entertainment partnership.

"I was one of the many millions who read the book and loved it. I couldn't put it down and was utterly charmed by it," Mirren said. "And reading it, you do think 'This could be a movie.'

"I could tell immediately the character I would be most suitable for," she added. "And my friends who read the book also said, 'If they ever make a movie you have to play Elizabeth.'"

"Ron is a stout fellow of good character," said Brosnan about his character, before turning his attention to what he expects will most resonate with audiences.

"The humanity of age, the humanity of these characters, the joy of them," he said. "I think everyone can identify on some level. It's about joy, it's about the sorrow of life, the grief of life, the dreams and expectations that we have, the unexpected relationships that we make in life, and how we move on."

"Acting is a craft," said Kingsley who plays Ibraham. "It's based on empathy and imagination - a combination of the two.

"Interestingly, Ibrahim has that combination of qualities as well," he said. "He's clearly empathetic because he's a psychiatrist and he needs to interpret patterns of human behavior in order to heal. Now he can bring those same skills to a forensic quest to solve unsolved police cases through empathy, knowledge of patterns of human behavior, compassion and imagination."

The Thursday Murder Club is currently playing in movie theaters.