Benoit Blanc is back on the case. The first set of suspects—or possible victims—in the famed detective’s upcoming adventure, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, have been revealed. Multiple outlets report that Andrew Scott, Josh O’Connor, and Cailee Spaeny will join Daniel Craig in the Knives Out franchise’s third installment, with the film’s X (formerly Twitter) account resharing the news.
Andrew Scott, 47, is perhaps most familiar to audiences from the shows Fleabag and Ripley. Cailee Spaeny, 25, turned heads with her critically acclaimed performance in the 2023 film Priscilla. Meanwhile, Josh O’Connor, 34, recently starred opposite Zendaya and Mike Faist in Challengers—a film Knives Out creator Rian Johnson praised enthusiastically.
“So I loved loved LOVED Challengers,” he wrote on X on April 26. “Didn’t know what to expect, and walked out of the theater totally buzzing. It’s smart and sophisticated while still poppy and propulsive, basically Design For Living as a kick-ass sports movie. Seriously, IT’S SO GOOD.”
While plot details for Wake Up Dead Man are largely under wraps, the film’s social media pages shared its Letterboxd page, which teases, “Benoit Blanc returns in his most dangerous case yet.” Fans won’t have to wait too long for Benoit’s latest exploits, as the film is set to debut on Netflix and in theaters in 2025.
Rian Johnson, who wrote and directed 2019’s Knives Out and 2022’s Glass Onion, recently expressed his excitement about creating something new and exciting for the third installment in the series.
“I love everything about whodunnits,” he wrote on X on May 24, “but one of the things I love most is how malleable the genre is.”
Johnson also hinted at the influence of murder mystery writers like John Dickinson Carr and Agatha Christie on his stories.
“There’s a whole tonal spectrum from Carr to Christie,” he continued, “and getting to explore that range is one of the most exciting things about making Benoit Blanc movies.”