Before adapting Richard Osman's bestseller The Thursday Murder Club for Netflix, Chris Columbus was responsible for bringing another literary sensation to the screen as the director of the first two Harry Potter movies. Despite the divergent subject matter, according to Columbus, the process of adapting both novels for the screen was similar in some respects.
Speaking with GamesRadar+ at a press event in London, Columbus touched on his history of adapting beloved books for the screen. "When I read The Thursday Murder Club, I got that feeling that I had when I first read Harry Potter," the director says. "I'm in love with this. I'm a fan. I want audiences to experience the film the same way they experience the book. So, I had this desire to be extraordinarily faithful."
