US EditionThe Greatest Mystery of Rian Johnson's 'Knives Out' Movies? Daniel Craig's Benoit Blanc
Wake Up Dead Man, a darker, faith-rooted gothic mystery starring Daniel Craig, premieres at SCAD Savannah Film Festival before streaming on Netflix Dec. 12.
- At the 2025 SCAD Savannah Film Festival, Wake Up Dead Man closed the event at the Trustees Theater and will play select U.S. theaters for two weeks before streaming on Netflix beginning Dec. 12.
- Johnson drew on childhood influences and classic mystery authors like Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle to shape Knives Out , which made north of $312 million after Lionsgate released it.
- Netflix paid $469 million for the next two Knives Out films in 2021, Glass Onion briefly played in 600 theaters, and estimates showed more than $13 million early demand while Daniel Craig reportedly told Ted Sarandos `Your model is fucked.`
- Theater chains and Netflix remain in a pitched dispute over window lengths, and Johnson said this 'trench warfare' limits exhibitors' willingness to play streamer films while he backs theatrical-first releases.
- While open to more future Knives Out movies, Rian Johnson is writing a 70s-inspired paranoid thriller intended for wide theatrical release and says he is ready to face the changing market.
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At a glance, T-Street Productions doesn’t look like much — a quiet, repurposed West Los Angeles building that once housed a music supply store. But within its walls, a small collective of fiercely loyal creatives is doing something increasingly rare in Hollywood: They’re betting on storytelling for storytelling’s sake. Founded by director Rian Johnson and producer Ram Bergman, T-Street is not your typical film company. It has no corporate pare…
The greatest mystery of Rian Johnson’s ‘Knives Out’ movies? Daniel Craig’s Benoit Blanc
The greatest mystery in Rian Johnson’s “Knives Out” movies might be Benoit Blanc. Over the course of three films, Johnson and Daniel Craig have stingily dropped clues to Blanc’s past and personal life.
The greatest mystery of Rian Johnson's 'Knives Out' movies? Daniel Craig's Benoit Blanc
NEW YORK (AP) — The greatest mystery in Rian Johnson’s “Knives Out” movies might be Benoit Blanc. Over the course of three films, Johnson and Daniel Craig have stingily dropped clues to Blanc’s past and personal life.
The greatest mystery of Rian Johnson's 'Knives Out' movies? Daniel Craig's Benoit Blanc
The greatest mystery in Rian Johnson’s “Knives Out” movies might be Benoit Blanc. Over the course of three films, Johnson and Daniel Craig have stingily dropped clues to Blanc’s past and personal life.
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