Well, sharpen your magnifying glass and put the kettle on, because our favourite southern detective is back with the “most dangerous case yet”. With director Rian Johnson returning at the helm and Netflix dropping the first trailer for Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, I am sat!
So, what’s the goss on Benoit Blanc’s latest case? Let’s break it down.
Who has been cast in Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery?
Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is back, naturally — the series won’t work without that Kentucky drawl. But this time he’s wrangling an ensemble stacked with Oscar faves and TV darlings including Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack and Thomas Haden Church.
What has director Rian Johnson said about Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery?
Rian Johnson shared a few cryptic hints about Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery on X back in 2024, saying: “We’re about to go into production on the 3rd [Knives Out film], and I’m, very, very excited to share the title, which gives a little hint of where it’s going.”
“I love everything about whodunnits, but one of the things I love the most is how malleable the genre is. There’s a whole tonal spectrum from Carr to Christie, and getting to explore that range is one of the most exciting things about making Benoit Blanc movies.”
More to come very soon! pic.twitter.com/jlaCu17Lkh
— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) May 24, 2024
Knives Out 2 was a big hit. (Image: Netflix)
What’s Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery about?
According to the official logline and trailer, things get properly weird in this one. A young priest (Josh O’Connor) assists Monsignor Jefferson Wicks (Josh Brolin) when their parish is rocked by a very public and very impossible murder.
As seen in the trailer, Blanc narrates: “A man gives a sermon. He then, in plain sight of everyone, walks into a sealed concrete box. Thirty seconds later, that man is lying dead.”
Aka, it’s giving “locked room mystery” with a spiritual twist.
The congregation is just as juicy — Glenn Close as a fervent church lady, Jeremy Renner as the town doctor, Kerry Washington as a tightly‑wound lawyer, Andrew Scott as a bestselling author and Mila Kunis as the local police chief
Where is Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery set?
The location for Knives Out 3 is in the fictional town of Chimney Rock in upstate New York a long way away from Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery‘s set in Greece. I’m not saying that the most recent Knives Out cast got the short end of the stick, but I’m not not saying that.
When will Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery be released?
Netflix has done us a solid and given us a clear release date! Wake Up Dead Man will screen in theatres from November 26 before hitting Netflix worldwide on December 12.
Is there a trailer for Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery?
Yes! And it is juicy!!! Take a look here:
Is there a chance of a Knives Out 4?
Anything could happen, but creator Rian Johnson seems down to clown.
“I’ll keep doing it as long as Daniel [Craig] and I are having a good time. I’ll keep making these as long as they let me,” he said in a 2022 interview with Variety.
I like those odds!
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery can be streamed right now on Netflix.
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