Knives Out 3: Record budget for a Netflix movie with Daniel Craig?

The ‘Knives Out’ franchise has a bright future ahead of it on Netflix as Benoit Blanc is back in action! The Hercule Poirot-style detective, played by Daniel Craig, will soon return for a new investigation in the third film, knives drawn and glass onions after.

The first part was released in cinemas and was a great success, but its sequel Glass Onion, released on Netflix in 2022, exceeded all expectations, as it became a real hit 10 most watched English language movies on the platform.

Record budget for the third part “Knives Out”?

Director Rian Johnson has revealed the title of the third installment – Wake Up Dead Man – and released the first teaser online, revealing a completely different tone from the first two films.

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Story promises to be even more powerful, explosive and more dangerous than the previous two films. But it also seems to be raising the bar at a higher budget level.

According to the information Jeff Snyder, X/Twitter Industry ExpertWake Up Dead Man’s budget is five times the $40 million budget of the first two installments. This means Wake Up, Dead Man’s budget will reach $200 million.

This information, which has not been confirmed by Netflix, Rian Johnson or the film’s producers, should obviously be taken with a grain of salt, as it is surprising to see such a significant budget for the third installment when the previous two films had much lower budgets.

Especially since Netflix has already paid a huge amount to acquire the franchise rights, namely more than 450 million dollars! It’s understandable that with the success of The Glass Onion, Netflix wanted to invest a little more in a third film, but for what?

This record budget could be explained by Wake Up, Dead Man’s very prestigious casting – and therefore potentially high salaries – or production costs for more expensive filming locations, given that the sites are more numerous and exotic from film to film.

What we know about ‘Knives Out 3’

For this third “Knives Out” film, Daniel Craig – with a brand new look – is again joined by a dream cast, including a former partner in the James Bond franchise, namely Andrew Scott, who played Max Denbigh / Spectre. .

The Irish actor recently starred in the movie Without Ever Knowing Us and the series Ripley on Netflix.

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The cast also includes young talent including Josh O’Connor (The Crown, Challengers, La Chimera), Kaley Spahn (Priscilla, Civil War, Alien: Romulus) and Daryl McCormack (My Date With Leo).

Fans of Knives Out will also be delighted to find stars such as Glenn Close, Kerry Washington, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Thomas Hayden Church and Josh Brolin in this exciting new investigation, but we don’t know much about it yet.

To avoid spoiling any secrets, information about the plot of Wake Up, Dead Man: A Knives Out Story has not been revealed yet, but its title gives some clues. Remember that the titles of the part of the franchise are songs of famous groups. So “Knives Out” was a Radiohead song and “Glass Onion” was a Beatles song.

“Wake Up Dead” is U2’s title track and suggests a darker, even menacing and haunting film. We’ll have to wait until 2025, the announced release date for this third installment, to learn more about Benoit Blanc’s new investigation.

The second part of the “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Story” franchise is available on Netflix.