Netflix has set a two-week theatrical window for its highly anticipated ensemble sequel, “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.”
“Wake Up Dead Man” will release in select theaters on Nov. 26 for a two-week run until it comes to Netflix on Dec. 12.
Directed, written and co-produced by Rian Johnson, the third “Knives Out” entry boasts an all-star cast of Daniel Craig, Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack and Thomas Haden Church.
The film’s official synopsis reads: “Benoit Blanc (Craig) returns for his most dangerous case yet in the third and darkest chapter of Rian Johnson’s murder mystery opus. When young priest Jud Duplenticy (O’Connor) is sent to assist charismatic firebrand Monsignor Jefferson Wicks (Brolin), it’s clear that all is not well in the pews. Wicks’s modest-but-devoted flock includes devout church lady Martha Delacroix (Close), circumspect groundskeeper Samson Holt (Haden Church), tightly-wound lawyer Vera Draven (Washington), aspiring politician Cy Draven (McCormack), town doctor Nat Sharp (Renner), best-selling author Lee Ross (Scott), and concert cellist Simone Vivane (Spaeny). After a sudden and seemingly impossible murder rocks the town, the lack of an obvious suspect prompts local police chief Geraldine Scott (Kunis) to join forces with renowned detective Benoit Blanc to unravel a mystery that defies all logic.”
“Knives Out” will only be in cinemas for 14 days, but Johnson told Business Insider he was pushing for more. After Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos called the traditional movie theater model “outdated,” Johnson said he hoped “Wake Up Dead Man” would be released in “as many theaters for as long as possible.”
“We’re going to push for everything we can get in terms of theatrical, because I want as many people as possible to see it in that form,” Johnson said.
While Lionsgate distributed the first “Knives Out” film with a typical theatrical rollout, Netflix acquired its 2019 sequel “Glass Onion.” That film played in just 600 movie theaters nationwide for one week, about a month before coming to streaming through a partnership with theater chains like AMC. Netflix has yet to make a deal like it since.
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