Wake Up Dead Man Trailer: New Knives Out Movie Unveils Star-Studded Teaser

Josh O'Connor and Daniel Craig in Wake Up Dead ManThe first trailer for the next star-studded instalment in the Knives Out series has been released.Wake Up Dead Man will see Daniel Craig back for his third outing as detective extraordinaire Benoit Blanc, and this time the former James Bond actor is joined by what may be his most impressive bunch of colleagues to date.While the original Knives Out movie drew plenty of inspiration from Agatha Christie’s mysteries; and follow-up Glass Onion was a much more contemporary film, set at the height of the pandemic at the extravagant home of a corrupt tech mogul; the third in the series takes a markedly different approach altogether.This time around, the action takes on a more gothic influence, with the mystery unfolding at a church.Intrigued? Us too. Check out the Wake Up Dead Man trailer for yourself below:A holy mystery unfolds.WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY arrives in select cinemas 26 November and on Netflix worldwide 12 December. pic.twitter.com/YDDiRo0jJY— Netflix UK & Ireland (@NetflixUK) September 8, 2025An official synopsis for the film released on Monday teases: “Benoit Blanc 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 is sent to assist charismatic firebrand Monsignor Jefferson Wicks, it’s clear that all is not well in the pews. Wicks’s modest-but-devoted flock includes devout church lady Martha Delacroix, circumspect groundskeeper Samson Holt, tightly-wound lawyer Vera Draven, Esq., aspiring politician Cy Draven, town doctor Nat Sharp, best-selling author Lee Ross and concert cellist Simone Vivane.“After a sudden and seemingly impossible murder rocks the town, the lack of an obvious suspect prompts local police chief Geraldine Scott to join forces with renowned detective Benoit Blanc to unravel a mystery that defies all logic.”Daniel Craig is back as Benoit Blanc in Wake Up Dead ManSince the first film’s release in 2019, the Knives Out movies have become renowned for their A-list casts, and Wake Up Dead Man is no exception.Alongside Daniel as Benoit Blanc, the cast includes the likes of Glenn Close, Josh O’Connor, Andrew Scott, Kerry Washington and Daryl McCormack, while Josh Brolin plays a parish priest who becomes the victim of the central murder.The cast of Wake Up Dead ManNetflix initially commissioned two Knives Out sequels when it first acquired the franchise, but both director Rian Johnson and lead actor Daniel have made it clear they’d be up for returning in the future, as long as the other is part of the project.Wake Up Dead Man premiered at the Toronto Film Festival on Sunday, and has already landed an enviable 96% score on the review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes.Wake Up Dead Man will receive a limited cinema release in November, before debuting on Netflix globally on Friday 12 December.MORE FILM NEWS:15 Behind-The-Scenes Secrets You Probably Never Knew About How The Thursday Murder Club Was MadeCritics Are Split Over The New Downton Abbey Film, But There's 1 Thing They Do Agree OnOlivia Colman And Benedict Cumberbatch's Film Called Out Over 'Dangerous' And 'Offensive' Scene

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