Josh O’Connor and Cailee Spaeny are becoming a member of Daniel Craig within the upcoming Knives Out 3 sequel, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Final week, author and director Rian Johnson confirmed on X, previously Twitter, that Craig can be reprising his position as Benoit Blanc within the subsequent ensemble homicide thriller movie. In a 45-second video teaser video, he additionally revealed the sequel’s title as Wake Up Useless Man: A Knives Out Thriller.
“The following Benoit Blanc thriller, the follow-up to Knives Out and Glass Onion, known as Wake Up Useless Man,” the filmmaker wrote within the submit’s caption on Friday.
Netflix additionally confirmed Craig’s return and the sequel title on its Tudum website following Johnson’s submit.
“That’s proper, Daniel Craig is again because the suave Southern investigator in Wake Up Useless Man: A Knives Out Thriller, a brand new installment of the whodunnit franchise written and directed by Rian Johnson. Blanc will probably be unraveling a brand-new homicide thriller in an as-yet-undisclosed setting, surrounded by a brand new colourful solid of suspects,” the streaming big wrote.
The director additionally famous on social media that manufacturing on the sequel is about to start quickly.
“I really like all the pieces about whodunnits, however one of many issues I really like most is how malleable the style is,” Johnson mentioned on X previous to releasing the movie’s title. “There’s a complete tonal spectrum from Carr to Christie, and attending to discover that vary is likely one of the most fun issues about making Benoit Blanc films.”
Wake Up Useless Man: A Knives Out Thriller is about to debut on Netflix subsequent 12 months.
O’Connor is coming off of a breakout position within the tennis drama Challengers, whereas Spaeny not too long ago starred in A24’s Civil Battle and leads Alien: Romulus, due out Aug. 16. O’Connor is repped by CAA, Unbiased Expertise Group and Johnson Shapiro. Spaeny is repped by WME, Sugar 23 and Hansen Jacobson.
What’s On Netflix was the primary to report the information.
—Borys Equipment contributed to this report.