“The Glass Onion: Secret Knives” to close the London Film Festival.

Rian Johnson’s All-Star Series Glass onion: a secret secret It is scheduled to close the BFI London Film Festival 2022.

The Netflix film, starring Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Jessica Henwick, Madeline Klein, Kate Hudson and Dave Bautista, will have its European premiere at London’s Royal Festival Hall on October 16. . The curtain will open on the 66th edition of the event Matilda the musical by Roald Dahl october 5th

Johnson is expected to attend along with Craig, Norton, Monae, Odom Jr., Hudson and Klein, with other names to be confirmed soon.

“I am happy that we are together again in the LFF glass onionAnd I’m honored to close the festival,” Johnson said. “A true whodunnnit really belongs in London, so it’s like coming home!”

More at the 2018 box office knives out, glass onion sees Craig return as super-detective investigator Benoit Blanc, this time traveling to Greece to uncover layers of new mysteries. Like the first, Johnson made the new film with Ram Bergman under his T-Street banner. Following the success of the original, in March 2021, Netflix paid $469 million for the rights to two sequels, written and directed by Johnson.

Ryan Johnson knives out was a huge success as we staged our European premiere at the festival in 2019,” said BFI London Film Festival Director Tricia Tuttle. “Our audiences loved the film’s wit and the fact that it tipped its hat in style to the great tradition of British screen adventurers. And here’s Rian Johnson winning gold again with the help of one of the best looks of the year. Like its predecessor, glass onion It’s fun and culturally enlightening in equal measure, making some funny and insightful observations about the world we live in.”