Daniel Craig returns as Benoît Blanc in the official trailer for Netflix’s Wake Up Deadman: Knives Out Mystery, which finds him involved in what could be one of the most complex cases ever. The parish is in crisis, an “evil wolf” is on the prowl, and impossible crimes are occurring. Watch the trailer above and read the information below.
“Wake Up Dead Man” Plot: An impossible death and a parish in crisis.
This new mystery brings Bran to a parish in upstate New York that is already feeling fragile before something truly terrifying happens. Former boxer turned priest Judd Duprentici (Josh O’Connor) arrives to help charismatic priest Jefferson Wicks (Josh Brolin), only to find a congregation clearly in trouble.
The trailer shows a brutal turning point. A shocking death that appears to have happened right in front of the community’s eyes, and one that should not have happened under the circumstances. Wicks appears to be the one to meet this tragic end, and Judd becomes suspicious. “Everyone thinks I did it. I didn’t do it,” he complains in the trailer, upset and desperate.
Local police chief Geraldine Scott (Mila Kunis) calls on Benoit Blanc when the case no longer makes sense on a normal level. Even he appeared shaken, describing what he had walked into as a “completely impossible crime” and admitting: “This is way beyond normal police work. This is something even I have never experienced.”
Once again, if anyone can solve this case, it’s Bran. “I’m incapable of not solving crimes,” he boasts in the trailer. “I know. It’s fun!”
“Wake Up Dead Man” Cast: Daniel Craig, Josh O’Connor, Josh Brolin and others
The ensemble is led by Craig’s returning detective, with O’Connor as Judd Duprentici and Brolin as Monsignor Jefferson Wicks. The trailer expands around them to a swarm of characters who feel like they’re hiding something important.
Its members include devout churchgoer Martha Delacroix (Glenn Close), cautious groundskeeper Samson Holt (Thomas Haden Church), seriously injured lawyer Vera Draven (Kerry Washington), and ambitious politician Sy. Includes Draven (Darryl McCormack), town doctor Nat Sharpe (Jeremy Renner), reclusive writer Lee Roth (Andrew Scott), and concert cellist Simone Vivant (Kailie Spaeny). As previously mentioned, Kunis plays the local police chief.
Rian Johnson and Josh O’Connor talk about new ‘Knives Out’ mystery
Writer and director Rian Johnson spoke candidly about how difficult this chapter was to unravel in an interview with Netflix’s TuDum, calling it “the hardest screenplay I’ve ever had to write.” He also hinted at a more introspective journey for the detective this time around, previously telling Tudam: “This film depicts[Blanc’s]most personal journey yet, as he is forced to confront the case and himself in a completely new way.”
Johnson says he likes to use each film to explore a different angle of the genre. “Every time I make a movie like this, it’s fun to think, ‘How can I explore a completely different corner of this genre?'” For “Wake Up Deadman,” that means leaning firmly into the “impossible crime” side of the whodunnit, drawing on influences like John Dixon Carr and Goalkeeper Chesterton. “Themes of guilt, mystery, morality, and fallible human nature all fit perfectly into a church where the man of God is at its center,” he says.
O’Connor’s Judd sits directly in the mix. The actor said Johnson’s tonal balancing act was a big part of his appeal. “What made me want to do this movie was the balance between comedy and Ryan’s writing, which always reveals things that you don’t often see in comedies,” the actor says.
Wake Up Deadman: Knives Out Mystery opens in U.S. theaters on November 26th and begins streaming worldwide on Netflix on December 12th.
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