Rian Johnson has confirmed the release date of Wake Up Dead Man, the latest film in the Knives Out series.
It was confirmed in May that a third film in the murder mystery franchise and a follow-up to 2019’s Knives Out and 2022’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery was on its way, with Daniel Craig returning as the private detective Benoit Blanc.
Now, Johnson, who has directed all three films, has confirmed on his X account that the new movie will be released in cinemas in the US for Thanksgiving, which lands on November 27 this year. Following that, it will premiere on Netflix on December 12.
“More to come very sooooooooon….”, Johnson added. Check out the post, which includes a new poster for the film, here:
⏰☠️ Wake Up Dead Man, the new Benoit Blanc mystery. Thanksgiving in theaters, 12/12 on Netflix. More to come very sooooooooooon…. pic.twitter.com/kd7gjISJAt
— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) September 2, 2025
Starring alongside Craig will be Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack and Thomas Haden Church.
A teaser trailer shared in May saw Benoit Blanc apparently investigating a murder relating to Christian religious rituals, set to Ralph Stanley’s haunting bluegrass track ‘O Death’. Watch here:
Last November, Craig said he hoped Netflix would give Wake Up Dead Man an extensive cinematic release. Speaking to Variety, when asked if he wished for Wake Up Dead Man to play in cinemas for longer than its predecessors, Craig responded: “You know I do.”
Glass Onion did receive a theatrical release – but was only available on the big screen for a week before streaming exclusively on Netflix.
Craig told Variety: “Hopefully, Netflix will push it out a bit, and people will get to see it. The people I speak to — the fans, I suppose — all they want to do is take their families and go see it at the cinemas. That’s all they want to do. Hopefully we can give them that experience.”
NME awarded Glass Onion four stars, writing: “Perhaps the best way to absorb Glass Onion is to hit pause every 20 minutes so everyone can have a go at guessing who the culprit is. Even without that streaming luxury though, the film zigs and zags its way around the plot in gripping fashion. Somehow, there’s also room to fit in some spiky satire (including one speech that roasts Johnson’s own disruption of the Star Wars saga).”
