Josh O’Connor and Cailee Spaeny are joining Knives Out 3
Josh O’Connor and Kaylee Spaeny
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Josh O’Connor and Cailee Spaeny will join Daniel Craig in the upcoming film Knives out 3 sequel, Hollywood Reporter He confirmed it.
Last week, writer-director Rian Johnson confirmed on X, previously Twitter, that Craig will reprise his role as Benoit Blanc in the upcoming murder mystery film. In a 45-second teaser video, he also revealed the title of the sequel as Dead Man’s Wake: A Knives Mystery.
“Benoit Blanc’s next mystery, follow-up to Take out the knives And Glass onionshe is called The dead man woke up“,” the director wrote in the caption of the post on Friday.
Netflix also confirmed Craig’s return and the title of the sequel on its Tudum site following Johnson’s post.
“That’s right, Daniel Craig is back as the suave Southern detective Dead Man’s Wake: A Knives Mystery, a new part of the Whodunnit film series written and directed by Rian Johnson. “Blanc will uncover a brand new murder mystery in an as-yet-unrevealed location, surrounded by a colorful new cast of suspects,” the streaming giant wrote.
The director also noted on social media that the production of the sequel is set to begin soon.
“I love everything crime related, but one of the things I love most is how flexible the genre is,” Johnson said on X before releasing the film’s title. “There’s a whole tonal range from Carr to Christie, and exploring that range is one of the most exciting things about Benoît Blanc’s filmmaking.”
Dead Man’s Wake: A Knives Mystery It is scheduled to premiere on Netflix next year.
O’Connor is coming off a breakout role in the tennis drama UnitedWhile Spaeny recently starred in the A24 film Civil war And it leads Alien: Romulus, scheduled to be released on August 16. O’Connor is repped by CAA, Independent Talent Group and Johnson Shapiro. Spaeny is repped by WME, Sugar 23 and Hansen Jacobson.
What’s on Netflix He was the first to report the news.
—Boris Kate contributed to this report.
