Wake Up Dead Man (2025)

Original title

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Directed by

Rian Johnson

Genre

comedy film, detective fiction, mystery film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 24m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 2,637 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Master detective Benoit Blanc returns to solve the murder of a Catholic priest. The case involves a missing inheritance and a large ensemble of suspects.

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What happens

Wake Up Dead Man (marketed as Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery) is a 2025 American mystery film written and directed by Rian Johnson. It is the third film in the Knives Out series. The film stars Daniel Craig, who reprises his role as master detective Benoit Blanc as he investigates the death of a Catholic priest against the backdrop of a missing inheritance. The ensemble cast also includes Josh O'Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack, and Thomas Haden Church. The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 2025, and was released in select theaters on November 26, 2025, before streaming on Netflix on December 12, 2025. Like its predecessors, it received positive reviews, with most praise for the performances, in particular those of Craig and O'Connor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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