Tom Hardy, Helen Mirren and Pierce Brosnan are in final negotiations to star in the Paramount+ series Guy Ritchie‘s The Associate (working title), Deadline has learned. Paramount+ declined to comment for this story. With the most powerful clients in Europe, Guy Ritchie’s The Associate will see family fortunes and reputations at risk, odd alliances unfold, and betrayal around every corner; and while the family might be London’s most elite fixers today, the nature of their business means there is no guarantee what’s in store tomorrow. The one-hour drama from Showtime/MTV Studios and 101 Studios follows two generations of gangsters, the businesses they run, the complex relationships they weave, and the man they call upon to fix their problems. Hardy is up for the role of Harry, the fixer, a man who is as dangerous as he is handsome. Mirren and Brosnan would star as the crime family’s matriarch and patriarch, respectively, we hear. Hardy is set to reunite with his RocknRolla director Ritchie in this new project. Guy Ritchie’s The Associate is Mirren’s follow-up to Taylor Sheridan’s 1923, which recently concluded shooting its second and final season; both shows hail from 101 Studios and MTV Studios. Mirren and Brosnan co-starred in Netflix’s The Thursday Murder Club which wrapped shooting early last month. Ritchie, who will direct Guy Ritchie’s The Associate, executive produces with series writer Ronan Bennett, David C. Glasser, Ron Burkle, Bob Yari, David Hutkin and Ivan Atkinson.

A week ahead of its theatrical release in the United States, Helen Mirren has joined Lionsgate’s press tour for “White Bird”. Besides yesterday’s screening at the DGA Theater in New York (see update below), she and director Marc Forster were interviewed on a press junket. Clips from both events have been added to the video archive, alongside a making of featurette for the film.

Netflix has given The Thursday Murder Club fans another teaser ahead of the film’s release. The upcoming murder mystery film, based on Richard Osman’s beloved novel of the same name, has now officially wrapped. Celebrating the movie milestone, the streaming giant has released a behind-the-scenes cast and crew group photo. The snap features many famous faces, with cast members Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley and Celia Imrie posing alongside the film’s director Chris Columbus. Eagle-eyed fans may also notice Naomi Ackie in the group photo. This marks the first look at the actress in costume as her character PC Donna de Freitas. This comes just days after Osman confirmed the movie, which has been in production since late June, completed filming on September 11. The Pointless star turned author, recently shared his excitement for the upcoming film, which he hopes “should be out next year”. Chatting on The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X, Osman confirmed that despite visiting the set on several occasions, he won’t be making an on-screen cameo. “I might do one little voice thing, but I can’t be [in it],” he insisted. “People going, ‘Why is the guy from Pointless in a Sussex police station?’. It’d be a bit odd.” “The Thursday Murder Club” does not yet have a release date.

The long-awaited Season 2 of the Yellowstone prequel, 1923, has a new filming location. The hit Paramount+ drama stars Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford. It serves as the origin story to the Kevin Costner-led Yellowstone and is also a sequel to 1883, which are among the seven shows in the Yellowstone universe. After its first season concluded in February 2023, it was revealed that 1923 had been renewed for a second and final season. Production began in June with Austin, Texas, announced as one filming location. But it was recently also revealed that the drama would film scenes in San Antonio, also in Texas. Helen Mirren will be on location in San Antonio, with locals sharing their thoughts about the big TV production, as per the San Antonio Report. “We have been impressed with their attention to detail and commitment to keeping us informed, and we are eagerly anticipating this project, particularly for its potential benefits to the community, and hope it will pave the way for more filming opportunities in downtown San Antonio,” said owner of the Canela Vintage store, Canela Kern. Filming in San Antonio will happen in stages and begin in September as set designers descend on the city to turn the clock back on local streets to make them true to the era of the show. Paramount+ has yet to reveal the premiere date of 1923’s second season. The series premiere of 1923 was the most-watched Paramount+ premiere ever in the U.S. and drew 7.4 million total viewers, which made it the biggest series premiere on cable for 2022, according to the streamer.

Netflix has dropped a first-look photo of The Thursday Murder Club cast to confirm the start of production. Richard Osman’s much-loved book series is being given the big screen treatment, with the all-star cast including Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Sir Ben Kingsley and Celia Imrie. The four leads are seen dressed in character in the first-look photo, gathered around Osman on what appears to be the set of the retirement home’s games room – where the characters meet up every Thursday to solve cases. Bridget Jones and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel star Celia Imrie will be playing the role of Joyce. Mirren will star as former spy Elizabeth alongside Pierce Brosnan as trades union official Ron and Sir Ben Kingsley as psychiatrist Ibrahim. “The Thursday Murder Club is officially in production!” reads the tweet caption shared on the official Netflix X account. The Thursday Murder Club movie started filming on June 27. Other cast members include David Tennant, Naomi Ackie, Jonathan Pryce, Richard E Grant, Danny Mays, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Tom Ellis, Geoff Bell and Paul Freeman and Sarah Niles. The Thursday Murder Club is the first of Osman’s crime series released in 2020. The story follows four pensioners at the Coopers Chase Retirement Village in Kent as they investigate the murder of a property developer.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Richard E. Grant and Tom Ellis are the latest additions to Netflix‘s The Thursday Murder Club film, based on the beloved novel series by Richard Osman. The newly-released cast, alongside Geoff Bell, Paul Freeman, Sarah Niles, and Ingrid Oliver join a star-studded lineup including Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, Celia Imrie, David Tennant, Jonathan Pryce, Naomi Ackie, Daniel Mays and Henry Lloyd-Hughes. The film, directed and written by Chris Columbus of Harry Potter fame, follows a group of friends in a retirement home who gather to solve murders for fun, but find themselves caught in a real case. The four members of the club are played by Mirren (ex-spy Elizabeth), Kingsley (ex-psychiatrist Ibrahim) Brosnan (former union activist Ron) and Imrie (ex-nurse Joyce). Osman’s book was released to critical acclaim and has fast become a classic among British crime thrillers. It is the latest project to be produced as part of Netflix and Amblin’s film partnership, which also includes the upcoming Carry-On, starring Jason Bateman and Taron Egerton. Columbus and Jennifer Todd serve as producers on The Thursday Murder Club, while Holly Bario, Jeb Brody, Eleanor Columbus, Jo Burn and author Osman are executive producers.

Donald Sutherland, whose performances in such films as M*A*S*H, Ordinary People and The Hunger Games proved he could portray sinister, sympathetic, comedic or tragic with equal aplomb, has died. He was 88. Sutherland died Thursday in Miami after a long illness, CAA’s Missy Davy told The Hollywood Reporter. Remarkably, Sutherland was never even nominated for a competitive Oscar, though the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences made up for the oversight by giving him an honorary statuette in November 2017 at the Governors Awards. He twice collaborated with Helen Mirren – the first time in the long-forgotten “Bethune: Making of a Hero”, about the life and death of Norman Bethune, a Canadian physician who served as a combat surgeon during the Chinese Civil War. More recently, Sutherland and Mirren shared the screen in 2017’s “The Leisure Seeker”. Helen Mirren paid tribute to Sutherland via The Hollywood Reporter:

Donald Sutherland was one of the smartest actors I ever worked with. He had a wonderful enquiring brain, and a great knowledge on a wide variety of subjects. He combined this great intelligence with a deep sensitivity, and with a seriousness about his profession as an actor. This all made him into the legend of film that he became. He was my colleague and became my friend. I will miss his presence in this world. (Helen Mirren, The Hollywood Reporter, June 20, 2024)

When Spencer Dutton (Brandon Sklenar) finally does find his way home, he won’t be returning to Montana, at least where the show’s filming location is concerned. Creator Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone prequel spin-off 1923, which stars Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren, will no longer be filming on-location in The Treasure State, according to the Austin Business Journal. Rather, the production is moving to the Longhorn State following the Western drama’s first go-round from December of 2022 until February of 2023. Season 2 of the Paramount+ series 1923 will start shooting in the southern part of Austin, Texas. The Chief Executive of Butte-Silver Bow Government, J.P. Gallagher, said in the aforementioned article: “The decision to film the Yellowstone series of 1923 in Texas is disappointing. Nevertheless, we respect the production team’s decision and acknowledge that these choices are influenced by factors beyond our control. We were in talks with the production about 1923 coming back to Butte because of the positive experience they had here, but state tax incentive programs were a major factor for the production to move to Texas.” 1923 Season 2 couldn’t catch a break in 2023. Both the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) strikes caused delays which ultimately cost the production its contract with Butte, Montana back in July of 2023. Filming dates have not been announced yet, though Helen Mirren will be first filming “The Thursday Murder Club” in the United Kingdom starting this June.

“Calendar Girls” actress Celia Imrie has joined the cast of the crime comedy “The Thursday Murder Club”. Based on the book by Pointless creator Richard Osman, the adaptation will see Imrie play former nurse Joyce Meadowcroft, who solves crimes along with other retirement residents in a sleepy English village. Already announced is Dame Helen Mirren as Elizabeth Best, an ex-spy, Sir Ben Kingsley as ex-psychiatrist Ibrahim Arif and Irish actor and James Bond film series star Pierce Brosnan as former union activist Ron Ritchie. Dame Helen was also part of the ensemble cast for Calendar Girls, about a group of ordinary women who raise money for charity through a nude calendar. Osman wrote on social media site X: “So happy to announce that our Thursday Murder Club line-up is complete. “Alongside Dame Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Sir Ben Kingsley, we now have our Joyce. The one and only Celia Imrie! So thrilled!” “The Thursday Murder Club” filming is set to take place from the end of June through to September in England, according to Osman speaking on The Rest Is Entertainment podcast. Home Alone and Harry Potter film series director Chris Columbus will be directing and Osman has said he is “working on the script at the moment”.

“Golda” is still making its rounds internationally with a theatrical release in Australia this week. On Tuesday, Helen Mirren zoomed into Australia’s “The Today Show” to promote the film. The complete video can be found in the video archive. Screencaptures have been added to the photo gallery.