Knives Out 2 - everything we know so far

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Fri, 11 Feb 2022 15:02:17 +0000

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Everything we know about Knives Out 2 including the cast and shoot detai

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When it was first announced in 2018 that Rian Johnson was planning to follow his grueling spell as writer and director of Star Wars: The Last Jedi with a murder-mystery named Knives Out, nobody knew quite what to expect.

Johnson was already booked to take on another Star Wars trilogy, one that would sit outside of the existing properties and take on new worlds and new characters. Given the prospect of building a whole new Star Wars franchise over three years, Knives Out had the feel of a palette cleanser for Johnson who did have some form with the genre on 2005s clever, quirky drama Brick before that work got underway.

Expectations changed somewhat when it was revealed that Daniel Craig would be leading the way as Detective Benoit Blanc. Again, Craigs appearance had the feel of a sudden opportunity. T he actor was only free because Danny Boyle
had left the production of the new James Bond movie and the shoot date had been pushed back six months. The actor would have some fun playing super sleuth before he got back into training to become 007 once again.

Knives Out was shot in just two months at the end of 2018 with a budget of just $35 million. It gathered together a starry cast, with Chris Evans, Ana
de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, Lakeith Stanfield, Katherine Langford, Jaeden Martell, and Christopher
Plummer joining Craig.

Upon release, it was a big hit with both critics and audiences., The film grossed over $300 million and scored Johnson an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay.

Suddenly, Johnsons palette cleanser and Craigs break before Bond was a
serious cinematic proposition. Talk naturally turned to the possibility of a sequel, and, in March 2021, Netflix revealed it had secured not one, but two sequels.

The first sequel is due out at some point in 2022 and we've dug up every
piece of information we can find on it.

Release date: Knives Out 2 will be released at some point in 2022.

Cast: Daniel Craig stars as Benoit Blanc. Supporting cast members include Dave Bautista , Edward Norton , Janelle Mone, Kathryn Hahn and Leslie Odom
Jr.

Trailer: there's no trailer yet, but a sneak peek was offered as part of Netflix's 2022 Movie Preview. Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc in Knives Out (Image credit: Lionsgate) What happened in Knives Out?

Knives Out opens with the discovery of the body of Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) just hours after he had celebrated his 85th birthday with his family in his vast Massachusetts estate.

Thrombey, a wealthy mystery novelist, is found by his housekeeper with his throat slit. The police quickly reach the conclusion that the death is a suicide, but private detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is anonymously
paid to investigate.

After sitting down with various family members, Blanc quickly discovers that all is not well within the family. Affairs are being had, egos have been bruised and money is being stolen. Things deteriorate further when Thrombey's will is read and, to everyone's shock, his nurse Marta Cabrera (Ana De Armas) is the sole beneficiary.

From there, things ratchet up, the family tries desperately to get Marta to renounce the inheritance with the tactics getting more and more drastic.

All these shenanigans take place under the watchful eye of Craigs Benoit Blanc, an eccentric Sherlock Holmes-esque sleuth who sees everything and
faces down the murderer. Knives Out 2 release date: what we know

Netflix likes to keep release dates close to its chest, so theres no
confirmed drop date for Knives Out 2 just yet.

However, a recent Variety report indicated that the film was planned to drop at the end of 2022 with the potential of an awards campaign. In response to the article, Netflix wouldnt be drawn on any release date.

Daniel Craig has also hinted at a release late in the year, with the actor telling his Skyfall co-star Javier Bardem in Variety : Its in the can. Rian [Johnson] is editing now, and itll be out, I think, in the fall of this
year."

So filming is complete, with Johnson confirming that production had finished in the middle of September 2021.

Unlike the first movie, which was shot entirely in Massachusetts, the sequel has more of a global feel, with production having taken place for a month on the island of Spetses, Greece as well as in New York City and Serbia. Daniel Craig and Lakeith Stanfield deliberate in Knives Out (Image credit:
Lionsgate) Knives Out 2 cast: who is in?

Aside from Daniel Craig, none of the key cast from Knives Out will return. Theres no room for Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who starred in Johnsons Brick and Loop and collaborated with the director on his TV variety series. Maybe hes saving him for the third film? Who knows?

Much like the original, the new cast is a very starry list, with only Madelyn Cline and Jessica Henwick relative unknowns.

Cline has had small roles in Stranger Things and The Originals and is one of the leading lights in Netflixs teen drama Outer Banks. Henwick was first announced with a key role in Netflixs Marvel collaboration Iron Fist. After a big role in The Matrix: Resurrections , Henwick not only has a part in the Knives Out sequel, shes also in Netflixs other tentpole, The Gray Man .

The key Knives Out 2 cast looks like this: Daniel Craig as Detective Benoit Blanc Dave Bautista Edward Norton Janelle Mone Kathryn Hahn Leslie Odom Jr. Kate Hudson Madelyn Cline Jessica Henwick Ethan Hawke

As yet, we dont know which characters this new cast will be playing. Ethan Hawke has revealed that his role is a small one, telling Screen Rant :
"Knives Out 2, I just have a cameo in that movie. Don't expect much from me."

We caught a glimpse of six cast members, including Hahn, Hudson and Bautista, in the first preview, which is below: Knives Out 2 trailer - is there one?

Theres no standalone trailer for Knives Out 2 just yet, but we did get a
small preview of the film as part of Netflixs preview of all their 2022 movies. Skip to minute 2:34 for a very quick glimpse of Craig in action as he prepares to board a boat

You can expect a full trailer to drop in the weeks before the release date, but, as we said, theres no confirmation on when that will be. Knives Out 2: who is making it?

Rian Johnson acts as writer, director and producer on the sequel and he has recruited many of the same people who helped make the first film such a success.

Cinematographer Steve Yedlin, who has worked with Johnson on all of his
films, going all the way back to Brick, has once again been at the wheel, while Nathan Johnson is back to compose the score.

Likewise, Johnsons producing partner Ram Bergman and editor Bob Ducsay, who first worked with Johnson on the hit sci-fi drama Looper, are back on the
crew for the sequel. The family and Benoit Blanc in Knives Out (Image credit: Lionsgate) Knives Out 2 - how much did Netflix pay?

A pretty penny indeed.

Back in March 2021 when the deal was announced, it was revealed that the streamer had agreed to pay $469 million for the rights to two sequels. Thats
a staggering amount of money, which will reportedly see Daniel Craig earn
more than $100 million by the time hes completed work on the third film. T
hat windfall is the highest salary ever paid by a streamer . Its double what The Rock has managed to land for Amazons forthcoming festive adventure Red One.

Both Amazon and Apple had worked hard to persuade Johnson to sign up with
them for the Knives Out sequels, but in the end, they balked at the final price.

One of the losing bidders told Variety: The math doesnt work. Theres no way
to explain it. The world has gone mad. Its a mind-boggling deal.

Netflix, though, are happy with the deal, with an insider telling the Hollywood Reporter : "Yes, its overpaying, but Netflix is playing chess while everyone else is playing checkers, says one streaming executive familiar with the deal. It takes a proven theatrical commodity off the board and puts it in their pocket. And its another way they re-educate audiences to think of streaming and their company above a studio. What can we expect from Knives
Out 2?

The plot is under wraps, but the cast members have been lining up to extol
the films virtues.

Dave Bautista gushed about the sequel, telling People magazine : I really think its going to be as good, if not better, than the first one. Im always afraid to say that because I dont want anybody to get offended saying that were going to be better, but I really do think this. I think the characters are just so much more colorful. I think people are really going to dig this.

He went on: The characters are just so great. Theyre so different. Everybodys cast so well. I was working with a couple of my castmates and was mesmerized by their performances and just how well theyve adapted into these characters. I think the characters in this are even more quirky than the first one.
Daniel Craig in Knives Out (Image credit: Lionsgate) Knives Out 3 - what do
we know?

We know itll happen, Netflix has shelled out enough money to make sure of that, and we know that Daniel Craig and Rian Johnson are confirmed. But, beyond that, weve got nothing, no production start date or hint of a release date. When we get closer to Knives Out 2s release date, and the cast and Johnson start doing interviews, we will know a lot more.

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