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Upcoming film by Rian Johnson From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery is an upcoming American mystery film written and directed by Rian Johnson. It is a standalone sequel to Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) and the third installment overall in the Knives Out film series. It stars Daniel Craig, who reprises his role as master detective Benoit Blanc.[2][3] The ensemble cast also includes Josh O'Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack, and Thomas Haden Church.
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery is scheduled to have its world premiere at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival in September 2025, and will be released by Netflix on December 12, 2025.
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Cast
- Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc, a private detective/investigator
- Josh O'Connor as Rev. Jud Duplenticy, a priest
- Glenn Close as Martha Delacroix
- Josh Brolin as Msgr. Jefferson Wicks, a priest
- Mila Kunis as Geraldine Scott, a police chief
- Jeremy Renner as Dr. Nat Sharp
- Kerry Washington as Vera Draven
- Andrew Scott as Lee Ross
- Cailee Spaeny as Simone Vivane
- Daryl McCormack as Cy Draven
- Thomas Haden Church as Samson Holt
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Development
Before the release of Knives Out (2019), Rian Johnson said he would like to create sequels with Benoit Blanc investigating further mysteries, and already had an idea for a new film.[4] On March 31, 2021, it was reported that Netflix bought the rights to two Knives Out sequels for over $400 million.[5]
Writing
In June 2022, Johnson revealed Knives Out 3 was a working title with his intent being each film has a distinct title, citing the works of Agatha Christie as his inspiration for the films and the individual titles.[6] In November 2022, Johnson said he was preparing to work on writing the third film.[7] By January 2023, Johnson confirmed he had started writing the script for the third film, stating it will be tonally and thematically different from the previous installments.[8] Johnson later stated though he had approved the subtitle of A Knives Out Mystery for the previous installment, he would like to rename the series and add A Benoit Blanc Mystery as subtitles to future installments.[9]
In October 2023, following the resolution of the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike, Johnson announced he had started working on the script for the third movie. The filmmaker stated he had the premise planned, and could begin writing again.[10]
Casting
Daniel Craig was expected to reprise his role early in development; he acknowledged interest in returning early on during the project's development.[11] Craig was paid $100 million for his involvement in the two Knives Out sequels.[12] In May 2024, Josh O'Connor, Cailee Spaeny,[13] Andrew Scott,[14] Kerry Washington,[15] Glenn Close,[16] Jeremy Renner,[17] Mila Kunis,[18] and Daryl McCormack,[19] joined the main cast; Renner's likeness had previously been used in Glass Onion, although he had not been featured otherwise.[20] The following month, Josh Brolin and Thomas Haden Church joined the cast.[21][22]
Filming
As with the previous two films, Steve Yedlin and Nathan Johnson returned as cinematographer and composer, respectively.[23][24] Principal photography took place at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden and it began on June 10, 2024, in London.[13][25][26][27] On June 19, 2024, Close revealed she was "really hit hard" with both COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which was also revealed to have resulted in her being able to only participate in two days of filming by that point in time.[28][29] Filming wrapped on August 17.[30]
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Release
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery is scheduled to have its world premiere at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival in September 2025.[31] It is scheduled to be released by Netflix on December 12, 2025.[32] The film will have its international premiere at the 2025 BFI London Film Festival on 8 October 2025.[33]
Future
In September 2022, Johnson confirmed his intention to make more films in the series.[34] Later that month, Craig and Johnson separately said they would continue making further films, as long as they were both involved.[35]
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