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De grands acteurs pour la future adaptation du MURDER CLUB DU JEUDI de Richard Osman

Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Ben Kingsley
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Alors que le film tiré du roman de Richard Osman est en pré-production, la distribution commence à être dévoilée et trois des quatre rôles principaux ont été attribués à des acteurs de premier plan pour incarner les détectives septuagénaires : Helen Mirren interprètera le personnage d’Elizabeth, Pierce Brosnan celui de Ron, et Ben Kinglsey jouera Ibrahim. Le rôle de Joyce n’a pas encore été révélé.

Chris Columbus (Maman, j’ai raté l’avion, Madame Doubtfire, Harry Potter…) se chargera de la réalisation, et le film sera produit par la société de Stephen Spielberg, Amblin Partners.

Le roman, paru en 2021 aux éditions du Masque, raconte l’histoire de quatre amis vivant dans un village de retraite qui s’attèlent tous les jeudis à des affaires de meurtre classées sans suite. Lorsque l’associé du directeur de leur village est retrouvé mort, la bande se retrouve au cœur de son premier crime actuel.

Depuis la parution du premier tome, la série a connu un succès au Royaume-Uni et à l’étranger avec plus de 10 millions d’exemplaires vendus. Le tome 4 intitulé Une mort bien fâcheuse, paru le 10 avril dernier en français (traduction de Sophie Alibert), était en tête des ventes de romans au Royaume-Uni pour l’année 2023.

WE SOLVE MURDERS de Richard Osman

A brand new series. An iconic new detective team. And a thrilling new murder to solve . . .

WE SOLVE MURDERS
by Richard Osman
Viking, September 2024
(via Mushens Entertainment)

Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life. He does the odd bit of investigation work, but he prefers his familiar habits and routines: the pub quiz, his favourite bench, his cat waiting for him when he comes home. His days of adventure are over: adrenaline is daughter-in-law Amy’s business now.

Amy Wheeler thinks adrenaline is good for the soul. As a private security officer, she doesn’t stay still long enough for habits or routines. She’s currently on a remote island keeping world-famous author Rosie D’Antonio alive. Which was meant to be an easy job . . .

Then a dead body, a bag of money and a killer with their sights on Amy have her sending an SOS to the only person she trusts. A breakneck race around the world begins, but can Amy and Steve stay one step ahead of a deadly enemy?

Richard Osman is a creative director for Endemol UK. He has worked as an executive producer on numerous shows. Richard’s debut novel The Thursday Murder Club has been published in over 40 territories and has spent as many weeks as #1 on the Sunday Times Bestseller List in the UK. He became a New York Times bestseller, has been nominated for an Edgar Award in the US, and is also an international bestseller in Sweden, Iceland, and Germany.

 

THE BULLET THAT MISSED de Richard Osman

A new mystery is afoot in the third book in the Thursday Murder Club series from record-breaking, bestselling author Richard Osman..

THE BULLET THAT MISSED
by Richard Osman
Viking UK / Pamela Dorman US, September 2022
(via Mushens Entertainment)

It is an ordinary Thursday, and things should finally be getting back to normal. But trouble is never far away, as The Thursday Murder Club encounter a local news legend on the hunt for a killer headline. They soon find themselves hot on the trail of two murders, ten years apart. To make matters worse, a new nemesis pays Elizabeth a visit – and tasks her with a deadly mission she can’t refuse. To kill or be killed. While Elizabeth grapples with her conscience (and a gun), the mystery unfolds amongst a cast of TV stars, money launderers and ex-KGB colonels. Can the gang, and their unlikely new friends, solve the murders and save Elizabeth before the killer strikes one final time?

Richard Osman is an author, producer, television presenter, and a creative director for Endemol UK. He has worked as an executive producer on numerous shows. His first two novels, The Thursday Murder Club, and The Man Who Died Twice were multi-million-copy number one bestsellers around the world. He became a New York Times bestseller and has been nominated for an Edgar Award in the US. He lives in London with his partner and Liesl the cat.