Overview
- The film opens in select theaters on November 26 for a two-week run, then streams worldwide on Netflix starting December 12.
- Set in an upstate New York parish, the story follows Benoit Blanc after a monsignor’s death as police chief Geraldine Scott brings him in to tackle what he calls a “perfectly impossible” case.
- Daniel Craig leads a star ensemble featuring Josh O’Connor, Josh Brolin, Glenn Close, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack and Thomas Haden Church.
- Festival reactions from TIFF and BFI highlight a darker, Gothic-tinged chapter that critics have praised as a fresh direction for the Benoit Blanc series.
- Writer-director Rian Johnson has described this as his hardest script yet and has indicated he plans to take a break from the Knives Out franchise after this entry.