Rian Johnson Reveals First Image Of Daniel Craig As Detective Benoit Blanc On Set Of ‘Wake Up Dead Man’

Filming is underway on the all-star next Knives Out installment, Wake Up Dead Man.

Director Rian Johnson tweeted an image of lead Daniel Craig on set with the caption: “Aaaaand we’re off! Today is day 1 of shooting on the next Benoit Blanc mystery “Wake Up Dead Man” – see you on the other side.”

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The starry threequel from writer-director Johnson will see Daniel Craig return as Southern detective Benoit Blanc, alongside all all-star cast including Josh O’Connor, Cailee Spaeny, Andrew Scott, Kerry Washington, Jeremy Renner, Mila Kunis, Daryl McCormack and Josh Brolin.

A contemporary revival of the murder mystery genre, the Knives Out franchise centers on the investigations of Craig’s character, Blanc. The series launched with Johnson’s 2019 whodunit of the same name, starring Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Christopher Plummer and more, which grossed over $310 million worldwide. Following the popularity of the first film, which landed an Oscar nomination for its screenplay, Netflix acquired the rights to produce two sequels for $450 million — the first of which, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, was released in 2022.

Johnson is directing Wake Up Dead Man from his own script, also producing alongside partner Ram Bergman for T-Street.

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