Wake Up Dead Man: Rian Johnson teases "miraculous" murder in church-based sequel

Johnson Talks Third "Knives Out" Story

Like with Agatha Christie stories, Rian Johnson’s “Knives Out” films focus on a super sleuth solving a mystery – usually with a little help. Though Daniel Craig’s Benoit Blanc character serves as the lead across the films, he’s generally been aided by someone else in the ensemble. In the first film, it was Ana de Armas’s Marta. In the second, it was Janelle Monae’s Helen. With the upcoming “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery,” Johnson confir…

Wake Up Dead Man Is Darker Than The Previous Knives Out Movies, And I’m Intrigued By Rian Johnson’s Latest Comments On How This Case Affects Benoit Blanc

Wake Up Dead Man skews darker than the previous Knives Out movies, and Rian Johnson shared that the "miraculous" nature of this case will confound Benoit Blanc.

Wake Up Dead Man: Rian Johnson teases "miraculous" murder in church-based sequel

Set to premiere next month at the Toronto International Film Festival, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery will feature a case that writer/director Rian Johnson says will challenge Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) in ways he’s never faced. “It’s centred around the church, and all the suspects are regulars in the parish,” Johnson told Empire. “Blanc is seeing it as, ‘It’s just a murder, I can solve this.’ The way the murder presents itself is the o…

Benoit Blanc faces a church murder 'almost miraculous in nature' in Wake Up Dead Man, says Rian Johnson

The biggest rule of a Knives Out mystery is, don’t expect the same thing as the last Knives Out mystery. The sun-soaked Glass Onion was a tonal switch-up from the autumnal family affair of Knives Out. And so, the upcoming Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery will mark a similarly significant pivot from Rian Johnson’s last outing – a darker, Gothic-toned tale nodding to Edgar Allan Poe and Washington Irving, swapping the private Greek island se…