Overview
- Netflix rolled out a new website to help fans locate theaters showing Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery during its limited big‑screen run starting Wednesday.
- Rian Johnson said AMC Theatres will not play the film, with bookings instead at chains such as Landmark and Alamo Drafthouse, and he noted the movie can remain in theaters after Dec. 12 at exhibitors’ discretion.
- Forbes reported the theatrical window also positions the film for awards consideration before it streams globally on Netflix.
- Johnson explained the story was shaped by his complicated relationship with religion, setting the mystery in a small upstate New York Catholic community.
- Daniel Craig returns as Benoit Blanc and highlighted a new, central dynamic with Josh O’Connor’s young priest, with Josh Brolin and Glenn Close among the key ensemble.