Director says that a new mystery with Benoit Blanc will be darker and close to the roots of the genre, quoting Edgar Allan Poe as influence
The detective BENOIT BLANClived by Daniel Craig (Queer), will return to the origins of the genre in the next movie of the saga Between knives and secrets. Who guarantees is the director and screenwriter Rian Johnson (Star Wars: The Last Jedi), that said that Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery,, third chapter of the franchise, will have a tone “Gothic“And more”foot” than Glass Onionreleased in 2022.
“It is incredibly different from Glass Onion“, he said Johnson In an interview with Rolling Stone. “It is much more gothic, with a more rooted tone. It is more like the first movie in this regard. Returns to the real origins of the genre, which come from before [Agatha] Christie – come back to [Edgar Allan] Po.”
By justifying the change of climate, the creator of the series reinforced his constant desire for renewal. “If I feel that I’m repeating the same thing, or just spinning the crank to deliver more of it, the audience will notice. I’m not good enough to hide it”He said.”After three years working with a specific tone, it’s like eating the same thing at lunch every day. I get more excited when I can do something that looks new.”
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, Dead Man: A Knives Out Mysteryin free translation) is expected to reach Netflix on December 12, 2025, as part of a $ 450 million agreement signed after the success of the first film.
In addition to Daniel Craig and Josh O’Connorthe cast of the movie still has Andrew Scott (All of us unknown), Mila Kunis (Colorful friendship), Jeremy Renner (Archer hawk), Thomas Haden Church (Spider-Man: No return home), Cailee spaeny (Civil war), Josh Brolin (Avengers: Ultimatum), Gleen Close (The 101 Dalmatians), Kerry Washington (Scandal) and Daryl McCormack (Good luck, Leo Grande).
Source:Deadline
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