Overview

• Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery will debut on Netflix on December 12, 2025, following its official announcement at the Tudum event.
• The mystery will receive a limited theatrical release in the week leading up to its streaming premiere.
• Writer-director Rian Johnson reunites with Daniel Craig, who returns as the astute detective Benoit Blanc.
• The ensemble cast features Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack and Thomas Haden Church.
• Titled after a 1997 U2 song and centered on an “impossible crime,” the film is the final entry under Netflix’s initial two-film deal with the franchise.