Everything to Know About ‘Knives Out 3’

Wake up, Knives Out fans! Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is officially back on the case.

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, the third installment of the murder mystery franchise, is set to debut on Netflix, after hitting select theaters on Nov. 26.

Following the success of Knives Out and its sequel Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, a third film was first announced in March 2021, when Netflix bought the rights to the Knives Out franchise in a reported $400 million deal that included a second and third film, according to Deadline.

Filming for the movie wrapped in August 2024, and since then, several details have been teased by Craig and Rian Johnson, the writer and director of the first two films.

Notably, in the first teaser of the upcoming movie, Blanc was seen attempting to solve the “holy grail” of mysteries.

From the returning cast to the release date, here’s everything to know about Knives Out 3, a.k.a. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.

When will Knives Out 3 be released?

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery premiered in select theaters on Nov. 26, and it will begin streaming on Netflix on Dec. 12.

Who is in the Knives Out 3 cast?

Craig reprises his role as Benoit in the new film. Seeing as Johnson has described the film trilogy as an anthology, it’s unlikely that any other cast members from Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery will return.

The rest of the Wake Up Dead Man ensemble includes Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Andrew Scott, Josh O’Connor, Kerry Washington, Jeremy Renner, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack and Thomas Haden Church.

Glenn Close is also among those joining the cast. In August 2024, she told PEOPLE that filming the movie was “truly one of the best experiences of my life.”

“I’m filming in London with Rian Johnson,” she said. “He’s such a fine human being. He’s kind, he’s brilliant. He has a great laugh!”

Close went on to praise Johnson for creating a “cast from heaven.”

What will Knives Out 3 be about?

According to the official logline, in the latest Knives Out film, Benoit works together with “an earnest young priest to investigate a perfectly impossible crime at a small-town church with a dark history.”

A religious setting seemed to inspire Johnson, who told Tudum, “Themes of guilt, mystery, morality, and fallible humanity all feel right at home in a church, with a man of God in the center of the mix.”

“I have strong feelings about faith: both my own personal experience and how it intersects with our country’s cultural and civic life, and the ways that intersection touches all of us differently,” the writer-director continued. “So it felt like rich ground for a good story.”

In a clip shared by Netflix to announce the film’s official title, a voiceover states that this will be Blanc’s “most dangerous case yet.”

Is there a trailer for Knives Out 3?

A trailer for Wake Up Dead Man was released in November 2025.

The preview features Craig’s Benoit trying to solve the murder of Monsignor Jefferson Wicks (Brolin), while declaring, “With all the pieces on the table, this crime appears impossible.”

A teaser trailer previously debuted in May 2025.

Who is directing Knives Out 3?

Johnson, who directed both Knives Out and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, will return to direct the third film. He also penned the script for the new movie.

Will there be a Knives Out 4?

While Netflix hasn’t greenlit a fourth film, Johnson is on board to make more movies if the script is right.

“If each one of these can really be what Agatha Christie did, if it can be not just in a totally new location and a new cast, but also trying something exciting, I’ll keep doing it as long as Daniel [Craig] and I are having a good time. I’ll keep making these as long as they let me,” he told Variety in October 2022.

Craig echoed those same thoughts while speaking with Deadline, adding, “If people are interested, then we’ll make them. But if there ever came a point where either Rian and I thought we were just churning them out, I think we would back away. I mean, I just don’t think that’s what either of us want to do in life. Unless people are getting genuine fun out of them, forget it.”