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Daniel Craig's Knives Out 3 on Netflix
Daniel Craig is back as Benoit Blanc in the third Knives Out movie, called Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.
It will be on Netflix starting December 12, 2025.
The movie is about solving a mysterious crime in a church.
It had a small theater release on November 26, 2025.
The cast includes many famous actors like Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, and Glenn Close.
Netflix bought the rights to make more Knives Out movies for a lot of money.
The director, Rian Johnson, says he will keep making these movies as long as he and Daniel Craig are having fun.
Daniel Craig returns as Benoit Blanc in Knives Out 3, titled Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.
The film will premiere on Netflix on December 12, 2025, after a limited theatrical release on November 26, 2025.
Netflix acquired the rights to the Knives Out franchise in a $400 million deal.
The movie features a star-studded cast including Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, and Glenn Close.
Director Rian Johnson plans to continue the series if the script feels right and he and Daniel Craig are enjoying the process.
- Who
- Daniel Craig, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Andrew Scott, Josh O’Connor, Kerry Washington, Jeremy Renner, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack, Thomas Haden Church, Glenn Close
- What
- Release of Knives Out 3 on Netflix
- Where
- Netflix (after limited theatrical release)
- When
- December 12, 2025
- Why
- Netflix acquired rights to the Knives Out franchise
Key facts
- Title
- Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
- Release Date
- December 12, 2025
- Director
- Rian Johnson
- Lead Actor
- Daniel Craig
- Streaming Platform
- Netflix
- Theatrical Release
- November 26, 2025 (limited)
- Deal Amount
Quotes
Bilge Ebiri
Film critic for NYMag.com
“Hamlet has never been just one story.”
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“We view Hamlet as an effort by one grieving person to reach out to another.”
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Johnny Oleksinski
Film critic for the New York Post
“The Knives Out movies are 'always a good time.'”
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“This one’s special.”
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David Ehrlich
Film critic for IndieWire
“The 'violent beauty' of Chloé Zhao’s new film 'rips your soul out of your chest.'”
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“It feels like falling in love.”
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Nick Schager
Film critic for The Daily Beast
“Rian Johnson’s latest Knives Out entry 'maintains the franchise’s undefeated record.'”
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“Another intricate, rousing whodunit.”
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Benjamin Lee
Film critic for The Guardian
“The script gives Teller and Olsen 'a relatively complex acting challenge.'”
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“They have to speak like young adults of the 1950s while conveying the emotional weariness of old age, and 'they both manage incredibly well, with Teller charming in ways we haven’t seen from him.'”
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Justin Chang
Film critic for The New Yorker
“Hamnet is 'not exactly a return to form.'”
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Alan Zilberman
Film critic for Washington City Paper
“Daniel Craig, returning as Benoit, 'reins in his urge to chew scenery, and instead he plays Blanc as a brilliant man whose latest case also humbles him.'”
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Richard Lawson
Film critic for The Hollywood Reporter
“Are we finally arriving in the promised land, where stand-alone commercial works of wit and invention can exist again?”
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Owen Gleiberman
Film critic for Variety
“Eternity should have been 90 minutes long, with more energy and more crackpot invention than it has.”
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