Actor Thomas Haden Church, who is best known for the character Sandman in the Spider-Man films, has joined the cast of Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, the third film in the Knives Out franchise.

Church has joined the star-studded cast that already includes Daniel Craig, Andrew Scott, Kerry Washington, Glenn Close, Josh O'Connor, Cailee Spaeny, Jeremy Renner, Mila Kunis and Daryl McCormack.

Rian Johnson, who helmed the first two films, namely Knives Out and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, is returning to write and direct the third film. He will also produce the film with his partner, Ram Bergman, under the T-Street Pictures banner.

In the original 2019 Knives Out, Benoit Blanc attempts to figure out who killed the renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey. The sequel, Glass Onion, centred on a tech billionaire's private island murder mystery game. Craig is reprising his role as detective Benoit Blanc in the upcoming film.

While the plot details for the upcoming film are being kept under wraps, Rian Johnson and Daniel Craig have tantalizingly hinted that it will be Blanc's "most dangerous case yet." The film is set to start production soon and is scheduled for a Netflix release in 2025.