New film in the franchise, called Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, features the return of the actor as detective Benoit Blanc
Daniel Craig (007 – No Time To Die), who plays the detective Benoit Blanc in Between Knives and Secretswants the third film in the franchise, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mysterystay longer in the cinemas.
Normally, Netflix releases films for just one week, just to ensure the possibility of nominating it for awards, but the actor spoke, in an interview with Varietywhich expects Wake Up Dead Man stay a little longer in the cinemas:
“I hope Netflix extends it a little bit, and people can watch it. The people I talk to — the fans, I imagine — want to take their families and see the movie in the theater. That’s all they want. I hope we can provide this experience to them”he stated.
What we already know about Wake Up Dead Man?
Sequence of Between Knives and Secrets(2019) and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery(2022), Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (Wake Up, Dead Man: A Knives Out Mysteryin free translation) is scheduled to arrive on Netflix in 2025, as part of a US$450 million deal signed after the success of the first film.
In addition to Craigthe film’s cast also includes Andrew Scott (All of Us Strangers), Mila Kunis (Colorful Friendship), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), Thomas Haden Church (Spider-Man: No Way Home), Cailee Spaeny (Civil War), Josh O’Connor (Rivals), Josh Brolin (Avengers: Endgame), Glenn Close (101 Dalmatians), Kerry Washington (Scandal) and Daryl McCormack (Good Luck, Big Leo).
The next Benoit Blanc mystery, the follow-up to Knives Out and Glass Onion, is called Wake Up Dead Man. pic.twitter.com/pdDXRDmwcI
— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) May 24, 2024
What is it about Between Knives and Secrets?
Nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, Between Knives and Secrets show the detective Benoit Blanc solving the mysterious death of the patriarch of an eccentric and conflicted family. Names Chris Evans (Avengers: Endgame), Ana de Armas (blonde), Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere at the Same Time), Christopher Plummer (All the Money in the World), Tony Collette (The Power) and michael shannon (The Flash) are in the cast of the film.
AND Glass Onion?
In the second film, White is invited to participate in a detective game, promoted by a bored millionaire. However, when a murder actually happens during the game, things get out of control and the detective needs to put his skills into practice.
First part of the million-dollar deal with Netflix, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery has names like Edward Norton (Asteroid City), Kate Hudson (Almost Famous), Dave Bautista (Army of the Dead: Las Vegas Invasion), Janelle Monáe (Stars Beyond Time), Kathryn Hahn (WandaVision), Leslie Odom Jr. (One Night in Miami…), Jessica Henwick (Iron Fist) and Madelyn Cline (Outer Banks).
Rolling Stone Brazil film special
Cinema is the theme of the new printed special from Rolling Stone Brazil. In a magazine dedicated to lovers of the seventh art, we interviewed Francis Ford Coppolawho turns 85 amid the release of his new film, Megalopolisa bold and million-dollar undertaking financed by himself.
Unshakable in the face of controversial reactions to the novelty, which took around 40 years to get off the ground, the filmmaker defends the cinema industry’s boldness in being creative and opens up, in plain Portuguese, about Brazil’s influence in his new film: “Alegria” .
The special also features conversations with Walter Salles, Fernanda Torres and Selton Mello on I’m Still Herea chat about soundtracks with the maestro João Carlos Martinsan exclusive list with the 100 best films in history (50 national, 50 international), another list with the 101 greatest soundtracks in the history of cinema, a warm-up for Oscar 2025 and the release radar of Globoplay, Globo Filmes, O2 Play and O2 Filmes for the coming months.
The movie special Rolling Stone Brazil It hits newsstands in November, but can now be pre-purchased at the Perfil publisher’s store for R$29.90, with shipping starting on November 6th.
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SOURCE: Variety
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