“Knives Out 3” title “Wake Up Dead Man” teases Daniel Craig's 'most dangerous case yet'

Filming on the next chapter will be soon ahead of a planned 2025 premiere on Netflix.

Knives Out mastermind Rian Johnson just dropped a massive clue to the third chapter of the Daniel Craig-led whodunnits.

The filmmaker and writer behind the movie series has announced the title of the next chapter, which itself is a big ol' clue as to where it's heading next. The film to follow 2019's Knives Out and 2022's Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery will be called Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.

Craig is confirmed to return once again as New Yorker profile-adorned crime solver Benoit Blanc in the third movie, which is again written and directed by Johnson. Netflix also revealed a teaser video that showcases the new title treatment and confirmed the next installment will arrive sometime in 2025.

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"In the beginning, the knives came out," Craig's Benoit says in the tease. "Then behold, the glass was shattered. But my most dangerous case yet is about to be revealed."

"I love everything about whodunnits, but one of the things I love most is how malleable the genre is," Johnson teased in a statement posted to Twitter/X. "There’s a whole tonal spectrum from Carr to Christie, and getting to explore that range is one of the most exciting things about making Benoit Blanc movies."

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He continued, "We’re about to go into production on the 3rd one, and I’m very, very excited to share the title, which gives a little hint of where it’s going."

As with the previous two entries in the series, the title takes its name from a rock song. Knives Out borrowed its title from a Radiohead song, which sings of a gruesome murder and cannibalism, itself an allegory for violence and competition — an apt metaphor for the events of the film.

The second film, Glass Onion, took its name from a Beatles song. It sings of a "fool on the hill" and "looking through a glass onion" to "see how the other half lives." Its plot focused on a charlatan tech genius who lived inside a "glass onion" atop a hill.

So, what about Wake Up Dead Man? It shares its title with a U2 song off their 1997 album Pop. The song is fairly straightforward, featuring Bono's plea that Jesus return and save humanity from itself. There's even some hint of yearning for an apocalyptic event to restart the world. Perhaps Benoit Blanc will be contending with a messianic figure this time?

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The first Knives Out saw Benoit Blanc trying to solve the mystery surrounding the death of a renowned crime novelist, Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer). The dynamite ensemble cast featured Ana de Armas, Chris Evans, Toni Collette, Katherine Langford, Michael Shannon, and Jamie Lee Curtis.

Following the success of that film, Netflix struck a massive deal — with a price tag of over $400 million — to develop sequels. Glass Onion then brought the detective to the private island of tech billionaire Miles Bron (Edward Norton) where someone at their murder-mystery party wound up dead.

The new ensemble for the sequel featured Janelle Monáe, Dave Bautista, Kate Hudson, Jessica Henwick, Leslie Odom, Jr., Kathryn Hahn, and Madelyn Cline.

Now all we need are the names joining up for this third outing. Here's hoping Hugh Grant makes a comeback as Benoit's husband Phillip.

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