Thomas Newman (American Beauty, 1917, The Shawshank Redemption, Finding Nemo, Road to Perdition, Skyfall, Wall-E, Bridge of Spies) has signed on to score the upcoming Netflix original film The Thursday Murder Club. The movie is co-written and directed by Chris Columbus (Home Alone, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Mrs. Doubtfire) and stars Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, Celia Imrie, David Tennant, Naomi Ackie, Daniel Mays,Jonathan Pryce, Richard E. Grant, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Tom Ellis, Paul Freeman, Geoff Bell, Sarah Niles and Ingrid Oliver. The crime comedy is based on the novel series of the same title by Richard Osman and follows a group of friends in a retirement home who gather to solve murders for fun, but find themselves caught in a real case. Columbus is also producing the Amblin Entertainment production with Jennifer Todd (Alice in Wonderland, Memento, Austin Powers). The Thursday Murder Club is currently in post-production and is expected to premiere in 2025 on Netflix.
Newman’s other recent feature projects include Andrew Stanton’s In the Blink of an Eye, which also expected to premiere next year and Marc Forster’s White Bird, which is currently playing in theaters. Also expected in the coming months is an album release of the composer’s first ballet score for Joffrey Ballet’s adaptation of John Steinbeck’s classic novel Of Mice and Men (from Sony Classical).
