Archive · 18 Nov 2025
Daniel Craig's Benoit Blanc Returns in 'Wake Up Dead Man'
Daniel Craig's character from 'Knives Out' is back in 'Wake Up Dead Man' to solve a murder mystery in a church community.
The movie has a big cast and will be in theaters and on Netflix later this year.
Daniel Craig reprises his role as detective Benoit Blanc in 'Wake Up Dead Man'
The film is the third installment in Rian Johnson's Knives Out franchise
Set in an upstate New York parish, the story revolves around the death of a church leader
Josh O'Connor and Josh Brolin play central characters, with a star-studded cast including Glenn Close and Kerry Washington
The film releases in theaters on November 26 and on Netflix on December 12
- Who
- Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig), Jud Duplenticy (Josh O'Connor), Monsignor Jefferson Wicks (Josh Brolin), and other cast members
- What
- Solving a murder mystery in a church community
- When
- The film releases on November 26 in theaters and December 12 on Netflix
- Where
- An upstate New York parish
- Why
- To find out who killed a church leader
- Genre
- Mystery
- Director
- Rian Johnson
- Release Date (Theaters)
- November 26, 2023
- Release Date (Netflix)
- December 12, 2023
- Cast Size
- Over 10 actors
Sources
‘Wake Up Dead Man’ Trailer Sees Daniel Craig Trying To Solve “Perfectly Impossible” ‘Knives Out’ Mystery
Wake Up Dead Man A Knives Out Mystery trailer: Daniel Craig solves an ‘perfectly impossible crime’ as he invokes Scooby Doo in another whodunit
