David Tennant is joining Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, and Celia Imrie in the big screen adaptation of Richard Osman’s book The Thursday Murder Club.

Tennant is part of a raft of new cast announcements which also includes Jonathan Pryce, Naomi Ackie, Daniel Mays and Henry Lloyd-Hughes.

The story follows a group of friends in a retirement home who gather to solve murders for fun, but find themselves caught in a real case

Production on the film is set to get underway this month and it will be released by Netflix.