Richard Osman poses alongside Oscar-winning film director Steven Spielberg as work continues on his screen adaptation of The Thursday Murder Club
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Richard Osman has shared a sweet snap posing with legendary film director Steven Spielberg as filmed continued on The Thursday Murder Club.
The TV presenter and author, 53, appeared in top spirits with Steven, whose production company, Amblin Entertainment, is behind the movie adaptation, as they posed in some dapper blue blazers.
The Thursday Murder Club follows a group of pensioners in a middle-class retirement village, who set about solving the murder of a property developer.
On the set, Richard looked strapping in a white T-shirt, blue jeans and some green trainers.
Standing alongside him in front of stoned building, Steven looked handsome in a smart shirt, blue jeans and a pair chunky white trainers.
![Richard Osman has shared a sweet snap on set of his new flick posing with legendary film director, Steven Spielberg as filmed continued on The Thursday Murder Club](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/08/13/19/88490207-13739971-Richard_Osman_has_shared_a_sweet_snap_posing_with_legendary_film-a-4_1723574378520.jpg)
Richard Osman has shared a sweet snap on set of his new flick posing with legendary film director, Steven Spielberg as filmed continued on The Thursday Murder Club
![The TV presenter and author, 53, appeared in top spirits with Steven, whose production company, Amblin Entertainment, is behind the movie adaptation, as they posed in some dapper blue blazers](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/08/13/19/88490209-13739971-image-a-2_1723574358549.jpg)
The TV presenter and author, 53, appeared in top spirits with Steven, whose production company, Amblin Entertainment, is behind the movie adaptation, as they posed in some dapper blue blazers
![The Thursday Murder Club follows a group of pensioners in a middle-class retirement village, who set about solving the murder of a property developer](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/23/15/83987141-13340909-image-a-18_1713881749627.jpg)
The Thursday Murder Club follows a group of pensioners in a middle-class retirement village, who set about solving the murder of a property developer
Sharing the snap with Instagram followers, Richard wrote: 'On the set of #TheThursdayMurderClub Steven Spielberg meets a competition winner.'
The post comes after Richard revealed that the film adaptation of his book The Thursday Murder Club will star Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Ben Kingsley.
He announced the incredible cast on the latest episode of his podcast, The Rest is Entertainment with Marina Hyde, adding that filming is set to begin in June.
Dame Helen, 78, will be playing Elizabeth Best, Sir Ben, 80, is portraying Ibrahim Arif and Pierce, 70, will taken on the role of Ron Ritchie.
The final lead role in the bestelling detective story, Joyce Meadowcroft, has not yet been officially cast, but Richard teased that a popular fan choice was in talks
Richard said: 'I'm now allowed to officially announce three of the four members of the Thursday Murder Club.
'Elizabeth is going to be played by the person who people most often shout at me in the street as them wanting them to play Elizabeth... Helen Mirren, which is very exciting.'
'Ibrahim is Sir Ben Kingsley. Ron is going to be played by – I'm going to say the most handsome man in the world, so he’s going to have to dull himself down a bit... Pierce Brosnan.'
![The sweet snap comes after Richard revealed that the film adaptation of his book The Thursday Murder Club will star Helen Mirren as Elizabeth Best (pictured in February)](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/23/15/83987169-13340909-Richard_Osman_has_revealed_that_the_film_adaptation_of_his_book_-a-52_1713884351986.jpg)
![Pierce Brosnan is playing stroppy ex-trade unionist on Ritchie (pictured last month)](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/23/15/83987181-13340909-Pierce_Brosnan_is_playing_stroppy_ex_trade_unionist_Ron_Ritchie_-a-53_1713884351987.jpg)
The sweet snap comes after Richard revealed that the film adaptation of his book The Thursday Murder Club will star Helen Mirren (left), Pierce Brosnan (right) and Ben Kingsley
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Dame Helen, 78, will be playing Elizabeth Best, Sir Ben, 80, is portraying Ibrahim Arif and Pierce, 70, will taken on the role of Ron Ritchie (Ben pictured in 2021)
![He announced the incredible cast on the latest episode of his podcast, The Rest is Entertainment with Marina Hyde, adding that filming is set to begin in June (Richard pictured in 2021)](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/23/15/83987149-13340909-image-a-15_1713881567021.jpg)
He announced the incredible cast on the latest episode of his podcast, The Rest is Entertainment with Marina Hyde, adding that filming is set to begin in June (Richard pictured in 2021)
He added: 'Joyce we're still in negotiations but again the name is the one that people most shout at me in the street.
Richard went on to detail the project, which Chris Columbus was announced to be directing last week.
He said: 'Lots more casting to come in the following weeks. We're filming this summer from end of June to September, all in England'.
Chris, who directed Mrs Doubtfire, Home Alone and the first two Harry Potter films, also wrote The Goonies, which Richard revealed is his wife Ingrid Oliver's 'favourite film of all time'.
He added: 'He's working on the script at the moment'.
Richard went on: 'Mirren, Kingsley, Brosnan – I can see the poster now. As summer goes on, any questions for the Q&A edition [of the podcast] about Ben Kingsley, his views on things, just ask me. I'll be having tea with him on a bus...'
![Chris Columbus (pictured in 2021) was announced to be directing the movie last week, and Richard revealed: 'He's working on the script at the moment'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/23/15/83989005-13340909-image-a-16_1713881696476.jpg)
Chris Columbus (pictured in 2021) was announced to be directing the movie last week, and Richard revealed: 'He's working on the script at the moment'
![Richard wrote the book over 18 months in secret and it was soon at the centre of a 10-way bidding war, before Penguin Random House bought the rights for a seven-figure sum in 2019 (pictured in 2021)](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/23/15/83989087-13340909-image-a-19_1713881803285.jpg)
Richard wrote the book over 18 months in secret and it was soon at the centre of a 10-way bidding war, before Penguin Random House bought the rights for a seven-figure sum in 2019 (pictured in 2021)
![The sequel The Man Who Died Twice was released in 2021](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/23/15/83989159-13340909-The_sequel_The_Man_Who_Died_Twice_was_released_in_2021-a-55_1713884351992.jpg)
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It was followed by three sequels, The Man Who Died Twice in 2021, The Bullet That Missed in 2022 and The Last Devil to Die in 2023, with a fifth planned to be published next year
![The novels have turned into a runaway success story, selling more than 10 million copies globally (Richard pictured in 2013)](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/23/15/83989213-13340909-image-a-27_1713881998844.jpg)
The novels have turned into a runaway success story, selling more than 10 million copies globally (Richard pictured in 2013)
The Thursday Murder Club follows a group of pensioners in a middle-class retirement village, who set about solving the murder of a property developer.
The a gang of amateur sleuths are made up of retired spook Elizabeth, stroppy ex-trade unionist Ron, former nurse Joyce and psychiatrist Ibrahim.
Richard wrote the book over 18 months in secret and it was soon at the centre of a 10-way bidding war, before Penguin Random House bought the rights for a seven-figure sum in 2019.
On its publication in 2020, The Thursday Murder Club became the only book to have sold more than one million copies in the same year as its release and the third-highest-selling hardback novel after Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol and JK Rowling’s Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows.
It was followed by three sequels, The Man Who Died Twice in 2021, The Bullet That Missed in 2022 and The Last Devil to Die in 2023, with a fifth planned to be published next year.
The novels have turned into a runaway success story, selling more than 10 million copies globally.
The film rights to the book were soon snapped up by legendary director Steven with production company Amblin Entertainment beating off competition from 13 other studios.
Originally the film was set to be written and directed Ol Parker, with shooting set to begin in March, with Meryl Streep and Viola Davis rumoured to star.
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The film rights to the book were soon snapped up by legendary director Steven with his production company Amblin Entertainment beating off competition from 13 other studios