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Get ready to sit tight, because Benoit Blanc’s latest whodunnit will have you hooked for 2 hours and 24 minutes. Yes, Rian Johnson’s third entry in the Knives Out saga, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, has officially revealed its runtime, and at 144 minutes, it’s the longest film in the franchise yet. That’s 14 minutes more than Glass Onion and nearly a full half an hour more than the original Knives Out film. More time, more secrets, more suspects.
But runtime isn’t the only thing that's been expanded. The teaser for Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery dropped at Netflix’s Tudum event, and it’s dripping with gothic flair. Forget sunny Greece, this time we’re talking ruined chapels, wintry woods, and shadows that know too much. Daniel Craig, back as the drawling detective, looks less amused and more haunted. Johnson teased this as Blanc’s “most dangerous case yet.” And honestly? We believe him.
And the suspects? A fever dream of talent and tension: Glenn Close, Josh O’Connor, Kerry Washington, Jeremy Renner, Josh Brolin, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Mila Kunis, and more. Production began in June 2024 in London and wrapped by August, lean, fast, and focused, just like its predecessors.
Johnson isn’t just serving up another mystery. He’s crafting a labyrinth. And this time, it might just swallow Benoit Blanc whole.
The ever-evolving whodunit of Knives Out and where Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery fits in
Rian Johnson’s Knives Out franchise didn’t just revive the murder mystery; it gave it swagger. Think Agatha Christie meets modern satire, all stitched together by Daniel Craig’s Southern-fried genius, Benoit Blanc.
First came Knives Out in 2019. It was all about a murder most foul in a creaky New England mansion, a family tangled in lies, and a nurse who can’t lie without puking. It had Ana de Armas’s quiet brilliance, Chris Evans in smug knitwear, Toni Collette spiraling, and Jamie Lee Curtis cutting through the chaos. $311 million later, it wasn’t just a hit, it was a full-blown revival of the whodunit, laced with satire and style.
The first installment was followed by Glass Onion in 2022, which cracked things wide open: a tech billionaire’s absurd Greek island, sculptures made of crystal, and a murder-themed getaway gone sideways. This one had Janelle Monáe in a career-defining double turn, Kate Hudson being unfiltered, and Dave Bautista carrying a gun… in a Speedo. It poked fun at the elite, raked in acclaim, and made Netflix a player in the mystery game.
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Now comes Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. This one hums a darker tune: gothic cathedrals, bone-deep secrets, a title borrowed from U2, and Daniel Craig’s Benoit Blanc is back, this time tiptoeing through something colder, meaner, and maybe more personal.
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery is set to release on Netflix on December 12, 2025
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