At this point, it's easy to imagine that writer-director Rian Johnson creates some sort of Thanos-type gauntlet for each installment of the Knives Out franchise -- assembling as many talented A-list performers as he can to join Daniel Craig's Detective Benoit Blanc in his newest, twist-packed mystery. Johnson and Netflix announced the third installment in the fun franchise in May 2024, sharing little more than the title: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. The new film follows the original Knives Out -- released in 2019 -- as well as 2022's Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.
"I love everything about whodunits, but one of the things I love most is how malleable the genre is," the director shared on social media before announcing the threequel’s title. "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." Casting information started to roll in after the film's announcement, with Craig to be joined by stars like Josh O'Connor ( The Crown, Challengers ), Cailee Spaeny ( Priscilla, Civil War ) and Andrew Scott ( Fleabag, Ripley ).
Read on to see everything we know about Benoit Blanc's latest mystery. The only constant main character throughout the first two Knives Out films has been Detective Benoit Blanc, Craig's deep-thinking, country-fried detective, who gets his answers -- and his killers -- even when it seems like all is lost. In January 2023, Johnson teased whethe.