WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY – Official Teaser Trailer + New Images – In Select Cinemas on 28th November, on Netflix 12th December

Andrew Scott, BENOIT BLANC, Cailee Spaeny, Daniel Craig, Daryl McCormack, Glenn Close, Jeremy Renner, Josh Brolin, Josh O’Connor, Kerry Washington, Mila Kunis, NETFLIX, RIAN JOHNSON, Thomas Haden Church, WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY

WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY RELEASES IN SELECT CINEMAS IN THE UK & IRELAND ON 28th NOVEMBER AND LAUNCHES GLOBALLY ON NETFLIX 12th DECEMBER

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. (L-R) Mila Kunis, Daryl McCormack, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Josh O’Connor, Daniel Craig, Josh Brolin, Glenn Close, Andrew Scott and Cailee Spaeny of Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. Cr. Frank Ockenfels/Netflix © 2025

 

THE FILM WILL HAVE ITS UK PREMIERE AT THE BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL OPENING NIGHT GALA ON 8TH OCTOBER

WATCH THE OFFICIAL TEASER TRAILER HERE:

About WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY:

 Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) returns for his most dangerous case yet in the third and darkest chapter of Rian Johnson’s murder mystery opus. When young priest Jud Duplenticy (Josh O’Connor) is sent to assist charismatic firebrand Monsignor Jefferson Wicks (Josh Brolin), it’s clear that all is not well in the pews.

Wicks’s modest-but-devoted flock includes devout church lady Martha Delacroix (Glenn Close), circumspect groundskeeper Samson Holt (Thomas Haden Church), tightly-wound lawyer Vera Draven, Esq. (Kerry Washington), aspiring politician Cy Draven (Daryl McCormack), town doctor Nat Sharp (Jeremy Renner), best-selling author Lee Ross (Andrew Scott), and concert cellist Simone Vivane (Cailee Spaeny).

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. (L-R) Kerry Washington and Glenn Close in Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2025

 

After a sudden and seemingly impossible murder rocks the town, the lack of an obvious suspect prompts local police chief Geraldine Scott (Mila Kunis) to join forces with renowned detective Benoit Blanc to unravel a mystery that defies all logic.

Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Rian Johnson writes and directs Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, and assembles another all-star, award-winning cast.

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. Daniel Craig in Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2025

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. (L-R) Andrew Scott, Mila Kunis, Daryl McCormack, Glenn Close, Kerry Washington and Cailee Spaeny in Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. Cr. John Wilson/Netflix © 2025

 

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. (L-R) Andrew Scott, Jeremy Renner, Cailee Spaeny, Kerry Washington, Thomas Haden Church, Glenn Close, Kerry Washington and Daryl McCormack in Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. Cr. John Wilson/Netflix © 2025

 

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. Josh Brolin in Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. Cr. John Wilson/Netflix © 2025

 

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. Josh O’Connor in Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2025

DIRECTOR: Rian Johnson

WRITER: Rian Johnson

PRODUCERSRam Bergman, Rian Johnson

CASTDaniel Craig, Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack, Thomas Haden Church

 

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