Daniel Craig is returning as Benoit Blanc in Wake Up Lifeless Man: A Knives Out Thriller.
Set for a two‑week theatrical launch from 26 November earlier than arriving on Netflix on 12 December 2025, the movie is directed, written and co‑produced by Rian Johnson and continues the Knives Out saga.
It stars Daniel, 57, alongside Josh O’Connor, Glenn Shut, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack and Thomas Haden Church.
The film’s official synopsis reads: “Benoit Blanc (Craig) returns for his most harmful case but within the third and darkest chapter of Rian Johnson’s homicide thriller opus. When younger priest Jud Duplenticy (O’Connor) is distributed to help charismatic firebrand Monsignor Jefferson Wicks (Brolin), it’s clear that every one just isn’t properly within the pews.
“Wicks’s modest‑however‑devoted flock contains religious church woman Martha Delacroix (Shut), circumspect groundskeeper Samson Holt (Haden Church), tightly‑wound lawyer Vera Draven (Washington), aspiring politician Cy Draven (McCormack), city physician Nat Sharp (Renner), greatest‑promoting writer Lee Ross (Scott), and live performance cellist Simone Vivane (Spaeny.)
“After a sudden and seemingly not possible homicide rocks the city, the shortage of an apparent suspect prompts native police chief Geraldine Scott (Kunis) to hitch forces with famend detective Benoit Blanc to unravel a thriller that defies all logic.”
Rian was quoted in Selection saying concerning the type of the movie’s launch: “We’re going to push for the whole lot we are able to get by way of theatrical, as a result of I would like as many individuals as doable to see it in that type.”
He added: “I would like this in as many theaters for so long as doable”
The movie is ready for a world premiere on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Pageant on 6 September 2025, adopted by its UK debut on the BFI London Movie Pageant on 8 October 2025, earlier than the 2‑week theatrical run beginning 26 November and the Netflix launch on 12 December 2025.
Rian’s Knives Out franchise has turn into a significant box-office and streaming success.
The 2019 authentic earned $312 million worldwide and an Oscar nomination, whereas Netflix acquired the sequels for over $450 million.
With star-studded casts and Daniel Craig’s Benoit Blanc, critics say the movies revitalised the whodunnit style for contemporary audiences.
