Josh Brolin Joins ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’
deadline.comRian Johnson’s Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery has another splashy addition to its cast in Oscar nominee Josh Brolin (Dune: Part Two), Deadline can confirm.
No word on the role he’ll be playing in the threequel from writer-director Rian Johnson. Daniel Craig will return to reprise his role as famed Southern detective Benoit Blanc, with Josh O’Connor, Cailee Spaeny, Andrew Scott, Kerry Washington, Jeremy Renner, Mila Kunis and Daryl McCormack also set to star, as previously announced.
A contemporary revival of the murder mystery genre, the Knives Out franchise centers on the investigations of Craig’s character, Blanc.
The series of launched with Johnson’s 2019 whodunit of the same name, starring Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Christopher Plummer and more, which grossed over $310 million worldwide.
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