Rian Johnson and the cast of “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery” were on hand to introduce the film at the London Film Festival on Thursday night.
The movie, the third film in the series, marks the end of a lucrative two-picture contract with Netflix. So far, it appears to have landed the best reviews of the series going by the festival response.
Speaking in a Q&A afterwards, Johnson revealed he would love to keep going with the films and feels there’s room for more:
“I don’t feel burnt out doing these at all. If anything I feel energized after doing this one. So as long as audiences want to keep seeing it, and Daniel and I are still having fun making them and still feel like we can come up with stuff that feels not just fresh, but a fresh challenge for us, I think that’ll translate to a new experience for the audience. For now, I’d be thrilled to keep making these for the rest of my life.”
Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) returns for his most dangerous case yet when a priest gives a fiery sermon and then locks himself in a sealed stone chamber – no way in or out beyond the door he entered in full view of everyone. Thirty seconds later, he’s found dead in that box. How did he die?
Josh O’Connor plays a young priest who serves as Blanc aide in this outing. The all-star cast also includes Josh Brolin, Thomas Haden Church, Glenn Close, Mila Kunis, Daryl McCormack, Jeremy Renner, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny and Kerry Washington.
The film will get a limited theatrical release on November 26th and will then hit the Netflix service on December 12th 2025
Source: Variety
