«It felt somehow spiritually meant to be,» director Chris Columbus told Decider, about find the perfect filming location.
Some retirement homes have knitting clubs, and others have groups dedicated to solving grizzly crimes. The latter is what interests the protagonist of The Thursday Murder Club, a new Netflix movie based on Richard Osman’s bestselling 2020 British novel of the same name.
Directed by Chris Columbus, with a screenplay written by Katy Brand and Suzanne Heathcote, The Thursday Murder Club stars Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, Celia Imrie as a group of retirement home residents who solve cold case murders for fun. But when a real murder happens at the swanky Cooper’s Chase retirement center, the group decides to put their skills to the test. The Thursday Murder Club supporting cast is equally star-studded, featuring David Tennant, Jonathan Pryce, Naomi Ackie, Daniel Mays, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Richard E. Grant, Tom Ellis, Geoff Bell, Paul Freeman, Sarah Niles, and Ingrid Oliver.
Much of the film takes place in the lavish, fictional retirement community known as Cooper’s Chase. Unfortunately for your wealthy grandparents, Cooper’s Chase is not a real place. Read on to find out more about The Thursday Murder Club filming locations.
The Thursday Murder Club movie was filmed on location and in a sound studio in England over the summer of 2024.
