Overview
- Netflix confirmed at its Tudum 2025 fan event that Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery will premiere globally on December 12, 2025.
- Daniel Craig returns as detective Benoit Blanc in the franchise’s third film, which is written and directed by original creator Rian Johnson.
- The new teaser evokes “the impossible crime” through gothic church imagery, signaling the film’s darker tone and spiritual atmosphere.
- An all-star ensemble coalesces around Blanc, featuring Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack and Thomas Haden Church.
- Production concluded in August 2024, and the film’s title—taken from a 1997 U2 song—underscores its distinct identity within the series.