Columbus also directed Home Alone and is at the helm of another beloved British franchise as the director of the film adaptation of Richard Osman’s bestselling crime novel The Thursday Murder Club.
“I’m not involved at all and I wish them great success,” Columbus tells RT. “I think the best part of the series is the fact it's 10 hours for the first book, which we didn't have the opportunity to do. I’m a little envious.
Specifically, he shares: “I missed the fact that I was never able to put Peeves in the first film.”
Peeves was a poltergeist in Rowling’s first book, and originally penned to appear on screen in the 2001 film, played by Rik Mayall. But his scenes were ultimately scrapped.
“It's like this incredible chess match that we just did not have time to shoot. So hopefully those scenes will be reinstated. They have 10 hours. I hope they use them well.”
And he feels confident that, despite being a native of Pennsylvania, he has enough Anglophilia in his bones to get the tone just right.
“I was 15 years old when I first fell in love with Monty Python,” he remembers. “Prior to that, I’d fallen in love with (the Beatles’) A Hard Day’s Night, plus I had an obsession with Hammer Horror films.”
“Interestingly, it's sort of a prequel to Harry Potter, because it's two young protagonists, two male young protagonists and a female, and that was my first foray into British filmmaking.”
The Thursday Murder Club is now showing in select UK cinemas and will be available to stream on Netflix from Thursday 28th August 2025. Sign up for Netflix from £5.99 a month. Netflix is also available on Sky Glass and Virgin Media Stream.
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