Netflix teases Knives Out sequel Wake Up Dead Man

Daniel Craig, who has played James Bond over five films, returns as the private detective Benoit Blanc in Wake Up Dead Man, which is directed by Rian Johnson

Josh O'Connor (L) and Daniel Craig (R) in a still from the film

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30 May 2025, 9:17 am

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery has been described as Benoit Blanc's (Daniel Craig) most dangerous case yet. Ahead of Netflix's live event, Tudum, the streamer has released a couple of teasers on X (formerly Twitter) for the detective's next case.

Daniel Craig will return as Benoit Blanc in a new mystery, for which the setting and the story have not been officially revealed yet. But from the first look and the new teasers, it can be observed that the story will centre on a church.

"The wicked desire the stronghold of evildoers, but the root of the righteous endures." pic.twitter.com/EYTtLlcYUX
— Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (@KnivesOut) May 28, 2025

The title of the film is from the U2 song from their album Pop, which was released in 1997. Director Rian Johnson told Netflix, "Pop is a very underrated album, and that song is very right for the title. But I’ve had ‘Wake Up Dead Man’ in my head for a long while, and I first heard the phrase in American folk music.”

"The devil has gone down to you! He is filled with fury, because he knows that his time is short." pic.twitter.com/WyrQJJuCHy
— Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (@KnivesOut) May 29, 2025

The rest of the cast of the film includes Josh O'Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack, and Thomas Haden Church.

Wake Up Dead Man is produced by Johnson and Ram Bergman under the T-Street banner and is set to release on Netflix in 2025.