Overview

• Netflix confirmed the third Knives Out film, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, will debut on December 12, 2025.
• Netflix’s Tudum event featured the first teaser trailer, which teases the “impossible crime” and suggests Benoit Blanc’s most perilous investigation yet.
• Daniel Craig returns as detective Benoit Blanc, with Rian Johnson also directing, writing, and producing alongside Ram Bergman’s T-Street Productions.
• The ensemble cast includes Josh O’Connor, Cailee Spaeny, Josh Brolin, Andrew Scott, Mila Kunis, Glenn Close, Kerry Washington, Daryl McCormack, Thomas Haden Church and Jeremy Renner.
• As the final entry in Netflix’s initial two-film pact with Johnson, the project’s theatrical release remains unconfirmed and future sequels hinge on Craig’s willingness and new story ideas from Johnson.