Just days after the new title Wake Up Dead Man was announced, the cast of Knives Out 3 is starting to come together.
Josh O’Connor, who currently stars in the indie drama Challengers, and Cailee Spaeny, who stars in Civil War, have joined the cast of Wake Up Dead Man, via THR.
They join the Daniel Craig, who returns from 2019’s Knives Out and 2022’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery as private detective Benoit Blanc.
Writer-director Rian Johnson revealed the title in an X post on Friday, while adding in subsequent tweets that, ‘We’re about to go into production on the 3rd one, and I’m very, very excited to share the title, which gives a little hint of where it’s going.’
‘I love everything about whodunnits, but one of the things I love most is how malleable the genre is. 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,’ he added in another tweet.
Just days after the new title Wake Up Dead Man was announced, the cast of Knives Out 3 is starting to come together with Josh O’Connor (above) and Cailee Spaeny (below)
Josh O’Connor, who currently stars in the indie drama Challengers, and Cailee Spaeny (above), who stars in Civil War, have joined the cast of Wake Up Dead Man, via THR .
They join the Daniel Craig , who returns from 2019’s Knives Out and 2022’s Glass Onion : A Knives Out Mystery as private detective Benoit Blanc
Johnson has written and directed the first two movies in the franchise, starting with Knives Out, which was released theatrically through Lionsgate.
The story followed detective Benoit Blanc, who was brought in by the family of a wealthy author Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer).
The star-studded cast also included Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ana de Armas, Michael Shannon, Don Johnson, Toni Collette and Lakeith Stanfield.
Knives Out grossed a healthy $165.3 million domestic and $312.8 million worldwide from just a $40 million budget.
The film was also widely beloved from critics and was listed as one of AFI and the National Board of Reviews’ top 10 films of 2019, while Johnson earned an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay.
While Lionsgate had announced plans to develop a sequel, Netflix obtained the rights to two sequels for a whopping $469 million.
The first – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – brought back Craig as Benoit Blanc with a new cast including Edward Norton, Janelle Monae, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Jessica Henwick, Kate Hudson and Dave Bautista.
The sequel received a one-week theatrical run in theaters, opening with $9.4 million and ending its run with $13.2 million before heading to the Netflix streaming service.
Wake Up Dead Man is the second film in Netflix’s pact, and it’s uncertain if they plan on making even more Knives Out sequels.
It’s also unclear if this sequel will have a small theatrical release like Glass Onion, which was the first Netflix movie to be shown in all three major theater chains – AMC, Regal Cinemas and Cinemark.
Johnson has written and directed the first two movies in the franchise, starting with Knives Out, which was released theatrically through Lionsgate
The story followed detective Benoit Blanc, who was brought in by the family of a wealthy author Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer)
The first – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – brought back Craig as Benoit Blanc with a new cast including Edward Norton, Janelle Monae, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Jessica Henwick, Kate Hudson and Dave Bautista
The sequel received a one-week theatrical run in theaters, opening with $9.4 million and ending its run with $13.2 million before heading to the Netflix streaming service
He would go on to star in movies such as Mothering Sunday, Aisha, La Chimera, Lee and Bonus Track before Challengers with Zendaya
She’s coming off the critically-acclaimed indie Civil War and recently wrapped filming on Alien: Romulus for director Fede Alvarez
O’Connor cut his teeth on British TV shows like Peaky Blinders, Ripper Street and The Durrells before his big break as Prince Charles in Netflix’s The Crown.
He would go on to star in movies such as Mothering Sunday, Aisha, La Chimera, Lee and Bonus Track before Challengers with Zendaya.
Spaeny burst onto the scene in 2018 with four major movies – Pacific Rim: Uprising, Bad Times at the El Royale, On the Basis of Sex and Vice.
She’s coming off the critically-acclaimed indie Civil War and recently wrapped filming on Alien: Romulus for director Fede Alvarez.
