Dec. 10, 2025, 3:00 p.m. ET
Daniel Craig’s supersleuth with the Southern drawl Benoit Blanc is again on a brand new case which could simply be his “most harmful” one but within the third movie of the “Knives Out” franchise, “Wake Up Lifeless Man”.
Described because the “darkest chapter” of writer-director Rian Johnson’s homicide thriller opus, “Wake Up Lifeless Man” takes Blanc to upstate New York the place a good-hearted younger priest Father Jud (Josh O’Connor) has been despatched to help the native priest Monsignor Wicks (Josh Brolin), a charismatic firebrand.
After a “sudden and seemingly unimaginable homicide rocks the city, the shortage of an apparent suspect prompts native police chief Geraldine Scott (Mila Kunis) to affix forces with (the) famend detective to unravel a thriller that defies all logic,” the movie’s synopsis says.
Johnson teased the movie is “extremely totally different from Glass Onion.”
“It’s acquired a way more Gothic and grounded tone,” the Oscar–nominated filmmaker mentioned. “It’s nonetheless a Benoit Blanc thriller, so it’s humorous and enjoyable, but it surely’s set in an outdated stone church. There are many graveyards, and it’s acquired that earthy Gothic really feel, which was actually enjoyable to play with.”
Nonetheless, he added “this was the toughest script I’ve ever needed to write.”
Here is what to know concerning the movie and the others within the franchise.
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When does ‘Wake Up Lifeless Man: A Knives Out Thriller’ launch?
“Wake Up Lifeless Man: A Knives Out Thriller” can be accessible to stream on Netflix at 3:00 a.m. ET / 12:00 a.m. PT on Friday, Dec. 12.
“Wake Up Lifeless Man” premiered on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Pageant on Sept. 6 and launched in choose theaters Nov. 26.
Methods to watch ‘Knives Out 3’
The third movie within the “Knives Out” franchise can be accessible to stream completely on Netflix beginning Friday, Dec. 12.
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‘Wake Up Lifeless Man’ solid
Except for Craig’s Blanc, every movie within the “Knives Out” franchise has a special solid. Here is who’s within the solid of “Wake Up Lifeless Man:”
- Josh O’Connor as Jud Duplenticy
- Glenn Shut as Martha Delacroix
- Josh Brolin as Monsignor Jefferson Wicks
- Mila Kunis as Geraldine Scott
- Jeremy Renner as Nat Sharp
- Kerry Washington as Vera Draven
- Andrew Scott as Lee Ross
- Cailee Spaeny as Simone Vivane
- Daryl McCormack as Cy Draven
- Thomas Haden Church as Samson Holt
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‘Knives Out’
“Knives Out,” which launched in 2019, shouldn’t be accessible to stream on Netflix however is actually accessible on Prime Video.
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Within the first movie of the franchise, Blanc is enlisted to resolve the sudden dying of Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer), an acclaimed, rich thriller novelist, who’s discovered lifeless, throat sliced and blood in every single place, in his New England mansion throughout an eighty fifth birthday celebration. After the dying, his dysfunctional household hangs round for the funeral but in addition for the all-important will studying.
The solid of the “Knives Out” consists of:
- Daniel Craig
- Chris Evans as Ransom Drysdale
- Christopher Plummer as Harlan Thrombey
- Ana de Armas as Marta Cabrera
- Jamie Lee Curtis as Linda Drysdale
- Michael Shannon as Walt Thrombey
- Riki Lindhome as Donna Thrombey
- Don Johnson as Richard Drysdale
- Toni Collette as Joni Thrombey
- LaKeith Stanfield as Detective Lieutenant Elliott
- Katherine Langford as Meg Thrombey
‘Knives Out: Glass Onion’
Whereas the primary “Knives Out” might not be on Netflix, “Knives Out 2,” or “Glass Onion,” which launched in 2022, is accessible to stream on Netflix. The streaming platform, in April 2021, signed a $469 million take care of Johnson and his producing companions buying the rights for 2 sequels, in keeping with The Hollywood Reporter.
In “Glass Onion,” tech billionaire Miles Bron (Edward Norton) gathers outdated associates – and Blanc – at his non-public Greek island for a homicide thriller getaway in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nonetheless, issues get all too actual when somebody really finally ends up lifeless.
Whereas Craig reprised his roles as Blanc in “Knives Out 2,” the remainder of the solid was fully recent and included:
- Edward Norton as Miles Bron
- Janelle Monáe as Andi Model / Helen Model
- Dave Bautista as Duke Cody
- Kate Hudson as Birdie Jay
- Kathryn Hahn as Claire Debella
- Leslie Odom Jr. as Lionel
- Jessica Henwick as Peg
- Madelyn Cline as Whiskey
Saman Shafiq is a trending information reporter for USA TODAY. Attain her at sshafiq@gannett.com and comply with her on X and Instagram @saman_shafiq7.
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