The BFI London Film Festival 2025 will open with the international premiere of the third mystery in the Knives Out series - the latest film starring Irish actors Daryl McCormack and Andrew Scott.
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery will see James Bond star Daniel Craig reprise his role as famed private detective Benoit Blanc, who unravels another murder mystery among a new cast of suspects.
The Netflix film, which also stars Emmy-winning actress Glenn Close, Challengers star Josh O'Connor, and That '70s Show actress Mila Kunis, will headline the festival's opening night gala, taking place at the Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall this autumn.
The other cast members of the star-studded film include the American actors Josh Brolin, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, and Cailee Spaeny.
Director Rian Johnson said: "We're honoured to be opening the BFI London Film Festival with Wake Up Dead Man. London is the birthplace of the golden age of detective fiction, and it's a thrill to be back!"
Kristy Matheson, BFI London Film Festival Director, said: "At this 69th edition of the BFI London Film Festival, we are inviting audiences to get their spyglass at the ready as we get back on the case with another deliciously fun mystery from director Rian Johnson and his all-star cast with Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery."
The 69th edition of the festival, which is run by the UK's lead organisation for film and the moving image, the British Film Institute (BFI), will take place between 8 and 19 October.
The second film in the Knives Out series, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, closed the 66th edition of the festival in 2022.
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery will be released on Netflix on 12 December.
Source: Press Association
