Rian Johnson has “a big brainstorm” for Benoit Blanc’s third film – Exclusive

Between its jam-packed theatrical release in just a week and its chart-topping Netflix release this Christmas, it’s fair to say that Rian Johnson knives out continuation glass onion was a resounding success, another gripping mystery from Benoit Blanc. With a new cast, a sunnier setting and a different tone, it featured a different detective story from writer-director Johnson, who, as part of his deal with Netflix, confirmed he was working on a third film in the series.

While Johnson has his own upcoming TV series with Natasha Lyonne Poker face and the long-awaited (and apparently still ongoing) Star Wars trilogy floating around his head, puts the third knives out movie first in your file. I do the following [Benoit Blanc movie] then,” confirms a Empire, “because it’s the most exciting thing right now for me. It has served me very well. I feel like whatever movie I do, I have to do it because I can’t imagine doing anything else. I’ll move on to the next Benoit Blanc as I don’t see any other stories. The exact nature of this story is still being planned. “I have a big cloud of ideas, but it’s not all over yet,” Johnson says. “However, it’s exciting and it’s very, very different than that. That’s what excites me.”

Talk about the building process glass onionIn The Multi-Layered Story, Johnson explained how writing a Benoit Blanc mystery is about creating an emotionally engaging cinematic experience, rather than twists and turns for mind-boggling pleasure. “I start structurally,” he says. “I’m starting to work in notebooks. I don’t start with a crime, I start with the structure of the story and what the audience’s journey through the story will be. Which has to do with crime, but above all it has to do with who we care about and why.” So how do you end up with textures like knives out Yup glass onion, where the real mystery becomes apparent relatively late in the execution. “It’s great, unlike ‘Let’s Think Big Murder,’ where you’re going to go crazy trying to do it,” she says. He brings the next box.

Laws EmpireThe full interview with Rian Johnson: talking about the secrets of glass onion and his ongoing plans for Benoit Blanc, a world exclusive Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantummania issue, on sale Thursday January 19 and available to order online here. glass onion is streaming now on Netflix.