We're adding a few new members to the 'Knives Out' universe. Josh O'Connor and Cailee Spaeny are teaming up with Daniel Craig on director Rian Johnson's next ensemble murder mystery. Last week, Johnson confirmed on X that Craig would be reprising his role as Benoit Blanc in the third iteration of the murder mystery and revealed the sequel's title as 'Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.'
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00:00 We're adding a few new members to the Knives Out universe.
00:03 Josh O'Connor and Kaylee Spaney are teaming up with Daniel Craig on director Rian Johnson's
00:08 next ensemble murder mystery.
00:10 Last week, Johnson confirmed on X that Craig would be reprising his role as Benoit Blanc
00:15 in the third iteration of the murder mystery and revealed the sequel's title as "Wake
00:19 Up Dead Man, a Knives Out Mystery."
00:21 Netflix also confirmed Craig's return and the sequel title on its ToDoom site, writing,
00:26 "That's right, Daniel Craig is back as the suave Southern investigator in Wake Up Dead
00:30 Man, a Knives Out Mystery, a new installment of the Whodunit franchise, written and directed
00:35 by Rian Johnson."
00:36 Blanc will be unraveling a brand new murder mystery in an as-yet-undisclosed setting surrounded
00:42 by a new colorful cast of suspects.
00:44 No word yet on what roles O'Connor and Spaney would take on.
00:47 O'Connor is coming off of a breakout role in the tennis drama Challengers, while Spaney
00:51 recently starred in A24's Civil War and leads alien Romulus due out August 16.
00:57 Wake Up Dead Man, a Knives Out Mystery is set to debut on Netflix next year.
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