Update: As has become traditional for the new Knives Out entry, yet another cast member has been announced. Mila Kunis will also, according to Deadline, be among the ensemble.
With the writer/director preparing to shoot the new film – once again starring Daniel Craig as drawling detective Benoit Blanc – in the UK from June, he’s been busy gathering the typically star-packed ensemble to power the latest mystery (described as “the most dangerous case” of Blanc’s career to date).
Following his tragic, near-fatal snow plough accident in 2022, Jeremy Renner faced a tough road to recovery. But recover he has, with a new season of Mayor Of Kingstown already in the can (and debuting this week) and now a big new film role to add to his return. Renner is the latest name to join the cast list for Rian Johnson’s Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.
Already aboard? Josh O’Connor, Cailee Spaeny, Andrew Glenn Close and Kerry Washington, and we can predict more to come before production properly kicks off. After all, Knives Out entries are typically crowded affairs.
As for when the film might be either in theaters (as with Glass Onion) or on Netflix? That’s more of a mystery though the streaming service – which hatched a hefty deal with Johnson for two of the movies – wants it out in 2025.
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