Netflix and Amblin Entertainment are bringing one of the most charming murder mystery novels of the last decade to the screen, and director Chris Columbus is promising something fans of both the genre and Richard Osman’s books will love. The Thursday Murder Club brings together a dream cast — including Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, and Celia Imrie — as four retirees who turn their retirement village into an unofficial detective agency. But when a murder happens on their own doorstep, the stakes become a little more personal. As part of Collider's Exclusive Preview event for this Summer's biggest movies, we spoke with Columbus, who opened up on bringing the pages from Osman's bestseller to life.

While a retirement village might not seem like the obvious setting for a crime caper, Columbus leaned into the unexpected. “The idea was to create a retirement village that we've never seen before on film,...