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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

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In this third entry in the wildly entertaining, ever-evolving Knives Out series, Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) decamps to a quaint New England town to delve into a decidedly Gothic-tinged whodunnit centred on a local church and its eccentric parishioners. What is a rationalist like Blanc to do when investigating a locked-room murder case in which divine intervention appears to be the prime suspect? Why, take on a local priest (Josh O’Connor) as his partner, of course.

Drawing inspiration from both Edgar Allan Poe’s The Murders in the Rue Morgue and G.K. Chesterton’s Father Brown mysteries, writer-director Rian Johnson once again demonstrates his mastery of the mystery genre as he leads Blanc through a labyrinth of deception and towards some surprisingly personal revelations.

Director
Cast

Daniel Craig, Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner

Credits
Country of Origin

USA

Year

2025

Language

English

18+
140 min
Action Comedy Drama

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Credits & Director

Executive Producer

Tom Karnowski

Producer

Ram Bergman, Rian Johnson

Screenwriter

Rian Johnson

Cinematography

Steve Yedlin

Editor

Bob Ducsay

Production Design

Rick Heinrichs

Original Music

Nathan Johnson

Rian Johnson headshot

Rian Johnson

Filmography: Brick (2005); The Brothers Bloom (2008); Looper (2012); Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017); Knives Out (2019); Glass Onion (2022)

Photo by Emily Soto

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