Netflix has released a teaser for Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, the third installment of the detective series about private investigator Benoit Blanc. The premiere will take place on December 12, 2025.
Daniel Craig will once again play the lead role, and the cast this time includes Josh O'Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Kaylee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack, and Thomas Haden Church.
The Knives Out franchise began in 2019 as a standalone film in the style of classic whodunit detective stories, receiving high critical acclaim and becoming a commercial success. In 2022, a sequel, Knives Out: Glass Onion, was released, this time as part of a collaboration with Netflix. After that, the service ordered another film with Craig as Blanc, signing a contract with the director for two sequels for $ 450 million.
The film is directed by Rian Johnson, who directed the previous films in the series. The plot of the new film has not yet been revealed, but the teaser indicates that Blank will have to investigate "the most dangerous case of his career."