Rian Johnson's passion project should go classic golden age for its third chapter. Rian Johnson had lofty post- plans, and he made them happen. Even though his potential Star Wars trilogy is still in limbo, his passion projects have received acclaim.
While his Peacock detective series is gearing up for Season 2, his Netflix mystery movie series that began with is teasing a third movie, and the newly announced title is teasing a shift in genre, a shift that should place it squarely against another murder-mystery labor of love. Netflix recently announced the third movie in the universe will be titled . While we don’t know any specific details of the plot, recent breakout movie stars Cailee Spaeny and Josh O’Connor opposite Daniel Craig, once again reprising his role as the drawling detective Benoit Blanc.
Check out the full title reveal video below. The title is ripped from a U2 song (much like how the previous movies were ripped from Radiohead and Beatles songs), but the old-fashioned, almost Gothic font choice makes it seem that this mystery will be considerably darker than the others. While the new movie will certainly be set in the modern day — Benoit Blanc is a crack detective, not a time traveler — it looks like this film will be more retro than ever.
has the perfect opportunity to compete with yet another auteur’s passion project: Kenneth Branagh’s recent adaptations of Agatha Christie’s Poirot mysteries. , , and the recent all positioned a strangely-accent.
