Irish actors Andrew Scott and Daryl McCormack star in the trailer for Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, the upcoming third instalment of the popular murder mystery film series.
The starry ensemble cast also includes the returning Daniel Craig, who plays the super sleuth Benoit Blanc, Challengers star Josh O'Connor, Civil War's Cailee Spaeny, Mayor of Kingstown's Jeremy Renner, Scandal's Kerry Washington, and Family Guy's Mila Kunis.
The film, described as the "third and darkest chapter" of the murder mystery opus, will be released in select cinemas on 26 November before landing on Netflix on 12 December, 2025.
Writer-director Rian Johnson, who wrote and directed 2019's Knives Out and 2022's Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, has returned to write and direct the third instalment.
A synopsis for the film reads: "When young priest Jud Duplenticy (Josh O’Connor) is sent to assist charismatic firebrand Monsignor Jefferson Wicks (Josh Brolin), it’s clear that all is not well in the pews.
"Wicks’s modest-but-devoted flock includes devout church lady Martha Delacroix (Glenn Close), circumspect groundskeeper Samson Holt (Thomas Haden Church), tightly-wound lawyer Vera Draven, Esq. (Kerry Washington), aspiring politician Cy Draven (Daryl McCormack), town doctor Nat Sharp (Jeremy Renner), best-selling author Lee Ross (Andrew Scott), and concert cellist Simone Vivane (Cailee Spaeny).
"After a sudden and seemingly impossible murder rocks the town, the lack of an obvious suspect prompts local police chief Geraldine Scott (Mila Kunis) to join forces with renowned detective Benoit Blanc to unravel a mystery that defies all logic."
