Wake Up Dead Man

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Wake Up Dead Man
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Directed by Rian Johnson
Written byRian Johnson
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Cinematography Steve Yedlin [1]
Music by Nathan Johnson [2]
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Distributed by Netflix
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  • 2025 (2025)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (also known as simply Wake Up Dead Man) is an upcoming American mystery film that is the third installment in the Knives Out film series, following Knives Out (2019) and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022). It is directed and written by Rian Johnson, and stars Daniel Craig, who reprises his role as master detective Benoit Blanc. [3] [4] 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.

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Cast

Production

Development

Before the release of Knives Out (2019), Rian Johnson said he would like to create sequels with Detective Benoit Blanc investigating further mysteries, and already had an idea for a new film. [5] On March 31, 2021, it was reported that Netflix bought the rights to two Knives Out sequels for over $400 million. [6]

Writing

In June 2022, Johnson revealed that Knives Out 3 was a working title with his intent being that each film has a distinct title, citing the works of Agatha Christie as his inspiration for the films and the individual titles. [7] In November 2022, Johnson said that he was preparing to work on writing the third film. [8] By January 2023, Johnson confirmed that he had started writing the script for the third film, stating that it will be tonally and thematically different from the previous installments. [9] Johnson later stated that 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. [10]

In October 2023, following the resolution of the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike, Johnson announced that he had started working on the script for the third movie. The filmmaker stated that he has the premise planned, and can begin writing again. [11]

Casting

Daniel Craig was expected to reprise his role early in development; he acknowledged interest in returning early on during the project's development. [12] Craig was paid $100 million for his involvement in the two Knives Out sequels. [13] In May 2024, Josh O'Connor, Cailee Spaeny, Andrew Scott, Kerry Washington, Glenn Close, Jeremy Renner, Mila Kunis, and Daryl McCormack joined the main cast. [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] The following month, Josh Brolin and Thomas Haden Church joined the cast. [21] [22]

Filming

Principal photography began on June 10, 2024, in London. [14] [23] [24] [25] On June 19, 2024, Close revealed that she was "really hit hard" with both COVID-19 and Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which also revealed to have resulted in her being able to only participate in two days of filming by this point in time. [26] [27]

Release

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery is expected to be released in 2025 on Netflix. [28]

Future

In September 2022, Johnson confirmed his intention to make more films in the series. [29] Later that month Craig and Johnson separately said that they would continue making further films, so long as they were both involved together. [30]

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