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Wake Up Dead Man Opens London Film Festival With Darker, Faith-Focused Turn for Knives Out

Rian Johnson frames the third Benoit Blanc case as his most personal, engaging faith and present‑day US politics, with a limited theatrical window in late November followed by a Dec. 12 Netflix debut.

In June, she walked the red carpet in a four-figure dress, straight from her favorite atelier.
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Overview

  • Daniel Craig led a starry Royal Festival Hall opening night as the film launched the BFI London Film Festival, with appearances by Mila Kunis, Kerry Washington, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin and Andrew Scott.
  • Johnson emphasized that the story confronts contemporary US political culture through a church-set mystery, describing the film as tuned to the current moment rather than a timeless past.
  • The new installment adopts a darker, Gothic tone in a small upstate New York parish, though principal photography ran for roughly 50 days on London studio stages.
  • Early festival reactions remain strong after a rapturous TIFF world premiere, with reviewers calling the film a sharp, cleverly constructed entry in the franchise.
  • Netflix will give the movie a limited theatrical run beginning Nov. 26 before streaming globally on Dec. 12, continuing the series’ hybrid release strategy.