‘Knives Out 3’: Everything we know so far about the upcoming film

Good news, viewers: there will be a third knives out movie! john johnsonThe epic Whodunnit franchise debuted in 2019 knives out which was a great success. The first film follows Detective Benoit Blanc as he investigates the death of a wealthy family. Netflix bought the rights to two sequels, the first of which, Crystal Onion: A knife-edge mystery, was released on the streamer in December 2022. The sequel featured the return of Benoit with all new characters as another murder takes place on a private island in Greece. Rian Johnson has already confirmed that he has started writing the script for the third film.

can take knives out 3 arrives on Netflix. But some updates on the upcoming movie have already been revealed! Here’s everything we know so far knives out 3.

‘Knives Out 3’ confirmed

Both knives out 2 AND knives out 3 they were confirmed in March 2021, when Netflix bought the rights to the sequels for $450 million. Variety reported at the time. The first film was produced by Media Rights Capital and distributed by Lionsgate. knives out AND glass of onion received a total of five Golden Globe nominations and two Academy Award nominations.

In January 2023, Rian Johnson confirmed that he had started writing the screenplay for knives out 3. “Now I’m starting work on the third film, and that’s also what excites me creatively: I don’t have to repeat the last film,” she said. Variety. “The goal is to attack in a whole new tonal and thematic direction.”

Release date of “Knives Out 3”.

A release date for knives out 3 it was not announced. IMDb listed it as a 2024 release, but this is unconfirmed.

First knives out It was released in theaters on November 27, 2019 alone. It grossed $311.9 million worldwide. After Netflix acquired the rights to the sequels, Glass onion: Knives out Mystery made its streaming debut on December 23, 2022. But the film actually had a limited one-week release in theaters starting November 23, where it grossed a whopping $15 million. It’s unclear if the third film will also hit theaters shortly before it hits Netflix.

Cast of ‘Knives Out 3’

would not be a knives out movie without Daniel Craig! The British actor confirmed in September 2022 that he will return as Benoit Blanc for the third film. “If he [Rian Johnson] Keep writing them, I’ll keep writing them,” said Daniel Variety. “That’s what makes it easy, he’s such a wonderful writer that he’s there on the page for me to do it,” he added. In the same interview, Rian said, “I’m going to keep doing this until Daniel blocks me on his phone.”

There have been no other casting announcements for knives out 3. The expectation is that the film will have a cast of actors who have not yet starred in the franchise, in addition to Daniel. The first starring film Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Katherine Langford Michael Shannon Don Johnson, Tony Colletta, Christopher PlummerAND Jaeden Martell. The sequel starred Edward Norton, Janelle Monae, Kate Hudson, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., jessica henwick, Madelyn ClineAND David the Baptist

The future of the “Knives Out” franchise.

NO knives out movies have been confirmed as well knives out 3. But Rian Johnson has been open about wanting the franchise to continue for a while longer. During an interview with The film podcast in January 2023, the famed director explained how he would like to see the franchise’s subtitle changed to “A Benoit Blanc Mystery” for the future.

“After the first movie, I think people knew they liked ‘Knives Out.’ [but] they didn’t necessarily know him well enough to know who Benoit Blanc was. I think I was going to get blank stares,” Rian explained. “And I wanted everyone who loved ‘Knives Out’ to know [‘Glass Onion’] is next. So I absolutely 100% agreed and totally understood that we had to do this. But it also kills me a little and I want to see how quickly we can lose that legend.”

Rian went on to say, “As soon as we get past that and get to ‘A Benoit Blanc Mystery’…and I’ll say, by that, with the reach of Netflix and how many other people I think have seen it and how much more it feels like it’s really about the culture, at least we’re getting away with “A Benoit Blanc Mystery” and people will know what we’re talking about.

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