Benoit Blanc Returns in Teaser for WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY_1 Netflix

Benoit Blanc Returns in Teaser for WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY

Originally posted on Nerdist | By Kyle Anderson | Last updated Jun 2, 2025 5:11 PM ET

We haven’t seen the gentleman detective Benoit Blanc on our screens for six whole years. Wild how time flies when you’re pandemified for a bunch of that. At any rate, we’ve known Rian Johnson would make a third installment in his series, which began with 2017’s Knives Out, for a while, but it’s taken its sweet time. In the interim, Johnson has created another quirky detective for the Peacock series Poker Face . But we long for Blanc! Daniel Craig is the sleuth of our dreams. Luckily, as part of TUDUM 2025, Netflix has finally released a teaser and a release date for Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.

Right away, as if the title didn’t tee it up already, we get the sense that this will be a much darker and broodier movie than the first two. Certainly Glass Onion was positively zany. Wake Up Dead Man seems chillier, back to the vibe of the autumnal Knives Out. Fans of the Coen Bros. might recognize the song “O Death” on the soundtrack. That was in O Brother, Where Art Thou? way back in the day. Great choice. I’ve been dying for some Southern Gothic.

As is customary now for these movies, the cast list reads like a Hollywood wish list. Starring Daniel Craig, Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack, and Thomas Haden Church.

The only downside I can see thus far is we have to wait so long to get it! XII XII MMXXV. Now if you’re not up on your Roman numerals, that’s 12/12/2025, or December 12 of this year, if ya nasty. I’ve long believed the wintertime is perfect for gloom, Christmas season or not. Looks like I’m going to get my wish!

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery is out, as I literally just said, December 12.

Kyle Anderson is the Senior Editor for Nerdist. He hosts the weekly pop culture deep-dive podcast Laser Focus. You can find his film and TV reviews here. Follow him on Letterboxd.

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