The Thursday Murder Club is nearly in session, as Netflix has confirmed that its star-studded new murder mystery will premiere on Aug. 28. The streamer also shared a dossier of images for the crime comedy that is set to bring Richard Osman's bestselling debut novel to the screen. The snapshots offer a first look at the movie's killer cast, including Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren, hot on the heels of their starring turn as husband-and-wife duo Conrad and Maeve Harrigan in Guy Ritchie's MobLand series.

Netflix's upcoming whodunit is a real who's who of famous faces, with Ben Kingsley (Gandhi) and Celia Imrie (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) rounding out the core four members of The Thursday Murder Club, portraying ex-psychiatrist Ibrahim Arif and ex-nurse Joyce Meadowcroft, respectively,alongside Brosnan's ex-union activist Ron Ritchie and Mirren's ex-spy Elizabeth Best. The senior-citizens-turned-super-sleuths will uncover a murder case on their doorstep,...