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NY Film Festival Sets Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Queer’ as Spotlight Gala Selection
The 2024 New York Film Festival has set Luca Guadagnino’s Queer as its Spotlight gala screening, with the U.S. premiere of the film adaptation of William S. Burroughs’ novel of the same name taking place Oct. 6. The film, which features a screenplay by Guadagnino’s Challengers collaborator Justin Kuritzkes, stars Daniel Craig, Drew Starkey, Jason […]
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Rian Johnson Shares First-Look of Daniel Craig’s Benoit Blanc in ‘Knives Out 3’
Production on the third installment of Rian Johnson’s Knives Out franchise is officially underway. The director and writer gave fans a first-look at the beloved detective Benoit Blanc, played by Daniel Craig, who is set to see himself embroiled in another murder mystery in Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. A host of […]
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Everything We Know About ‘Knives Out 3’
Daniel Craig’s Benoit Blanc is ready to solve another mystery. Craig will reprise his detective role in the third installment of Rian Johnson’s Knives Out films, Wake Up Dead Man, written and directed by Johnson. The original Knives Out film, which featured an ensemble cast that included Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis and Ana de Armas, […]
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‘Knives Out 3’: Jeremy Renner Joins Cast in First Film Since Snowplow Accident
Jeremy Renner continues his comeback after his snowplow accident and is joining Daniel Craig in Rian Johnson’s Netflix sequel Knives Out 3, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Renner joins previously confirmed castmembers Glenn Close, Andrew Scott, Kerry Washington, Josh O’Connor and Cailee Spaeny in the forthcoming film, titled Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. […]
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Kerry Washington Joins ‘Knives Out 3’
Kerry Washington is joining the expanding cast for Rian Johnson’s sequel movie Knives Out 3, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The actress joins previously confirmed castmembers Daniel Craig, Andrew Scott, Josh O’Connor and Cailee Spaeny in the project that counts Johnson and Ram Bergman as producers. Last week, writer-director Johnson revealed the movie’s title as Wake […]
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Josh O’Connor and Cailee Spaeny Join ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’
Josh O’Connor and Cailee Spaeny are joining Daniel Craig in the upcoming Knives Out 3 sequel, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Last week, writer and director Rian Johnson confirmed on X, formerly Twitter, that Craig would be reprising his role as Benoit Blanc in the next ensemble murder mystery film. In a 45-second video teaser video, he […]
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‘Knives Out 3’ Sequel Title Revealed
Knives Out 3 has a title: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. “The next Benoit Blanc mystery, the follow-up to Knives Out and Glass Onion, is called Wake Up Dead Man,” writer/director Rian Johnson revealed on X, formerly Twitter, on Friday. A 45-second video on Johnson’s X page also officially confirmed Daniel Craig […]
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James Bond Producer Says They “Haven’t Even Begun” Working on Post-Daniel Craig Era: “Big Road Ahead”
It’s likely going to be some time before fans know who’s taking over for Daniel Craig as the next 007. Franchise producer Barbara Broccoli told The Guardian, in an interview published online Saturday, there is a “big road ahead” before the iconic character is “reinvented for the next chapter.” She added that executives also “haven’t […]
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Making of ‘Glass Onion’: How COVID, Warehouse Fires and Too Much Reflective Glass Complicated Production of ‘Knives Out’ Follow-Up
A good mystery often begins with a clue that’s right out in the open, even if no one recognizes it at first. In a similar way, the extravagant Greek villa that serves as the principal setting for Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery impressed production designer Rick Heinrichs when he first visited it early in […]
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‘Glass Onion’ Director Rian Johnson Says He’s “Pissed Off” to Have ‘Knives Out’ in the Title
Hollywood continues to be in an IP-driven moment, with an emphasis on reboots, sequels and branded product, but Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery director Rian Johnson wishes that he could have trimmed a few words from that title. During an interview with The Atlantic that published online Monday, Johnson said that he strived to […]
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Daniel Craig Still Has No Idea Why Anyone Cared About Chris Evans’ Sweater in ‘Knives Out’
The new Knives Out sequel, Glass Onion, continues to spur debate over its release strategy, and now it appears that the Rian Johnson-directed film franchise has another potential point of contention on its hands: the merits of Chris Evans’ attire in the first movie. During a BBC Radio 1 interview posted to social media Thursday, […]
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Rian Johnson, ‘Glass Onion’ Cast on Making the Whodunit Sequel and Which Costumes Will Rival Chris Evans’ ‘Knives Out’ Sweater
Three years after the introduction of Daniel Craig’s Detective Benoit Blanc and the launch of a new murder mystery franchise with Knives Out, writer-director Rian Johnson debuted the sequel, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, on Monday at Los Angeles’ Academy Museum. Craig (who missed the big L.A. event due to illness) is back as […]
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