Following the 2019 release of the fan-favorite mystery, Knives Out stars such as Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas and Chris Evans have only continued to find success with other projects.The first film in the franchise focused on Benoit Blanc (Craig) as he tried to figure out who killed a famous crime novelist Harlan Thrombey.
With help from the late writer’s nurse Marta (de Armas), the detective started to investigate the entire Thrombey family.After the movie’s resounding success, director Rian Johnson confirmed that he would be expanding the universe.“I’ll tell you, the truth is I had such a great time working with Daniel Craig and I had so much fun doing this on every level, from writing it to making it,” he told Uproxx in September 2019. “I’ve never really been interested in doing sequels, but this, the idea of doing more of these with Daniel as his character, is not sequels.
It’s just what Agatha Christie did. It’s just coming up with a whole new mystery, a whole new location, all new cast, whole new mechanics of the appeal of a mystery and everything.
It’d be a blast.”Netflix ultimately bought the rights to the next two sequels — both of which include Craig in the role of Benoit.
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