Benoit Blanc Takes on a “Perfectly Impossible Crime” in Wake Up Dead Man Trailer
The third Knives Out film features detective Benoit Blanc and introduces priest Jud Duplenticy, with a two-week theatrical run before Netflix release on Dec. 12.
- On Monday, Netflix released a new, final trailer for Wake Up Dead Man showing Josh O'Connor accused of an impossible crime and teasing Benoit Blanc's return.
- At the story's center is the locked-room killing of Monsignor Jefferson Wicks at an upstate New York parish, which sets the mystery in motion.
- The ensemble cast includes major names such as Andrew Scott and Kerry Washington, featuring Glenn Close as Martha Delacroix and Thomas Haden Church as Samson Holt, plus Mila Kunis as police chief Geraldine Scott.
- The film opens in select cinemas on Nov. 26 for a two-week run before streaming on Dec. 12, with strong early reviews from TIFF boosting anticipation.
- Rian Johnson frames the film as a more traditional whodunit, saying Wake Up Dead Man is the third installment in the Knives Out franchise before he pauses the series.
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Daniel Craig asks Josh O’Connor, “What the hell happened?” in the new trailer for Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. The third film in the franchise sees writer-director Rian Johnson return. This ensemble cast for this one includes Daniel Craig, Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack and Thomas Haden Church Johnson produces with Ram Bergman. What is …
Benoit Blanc takes on a “perfectly impossible crime” in Wake Up Dead Man trailer
Nothing says it’s holiday season quite like a new installment of Rian Johnson’s delightful Knives Out mystery series. The final trailer for Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery was just released, featuring Daniel Craig’s Benoit Blanc in all his Southern gentleman detective glory. This time, he’s tackling the strange death of a parish priest in a spookily Gothic small-town setting. As we’ve previously reported, the original Knives Out was a mas…
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