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Wake Up Dead Man (2025)

Name: Wake Up Dead Man
Director: Rian Johnson
Genre: detective fiction, mystery film, comedy film
Rating: 7.3

Wake Up Dead Man is a 2025 American mystery film written and directed by Rian Johnson. It is the third film in the Knives Out series. The film stars Daniel Craig, who reprises his role as master detective Benoit Blanc as he investigates the death of a Catholic priest against the backdrop of a missing inheritance. The ensemble cast also includes Josh O'Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner,…

Directed by Rian Johnson · Shot by Steve Yedlin · Cut by Bob Ducsay · Music by Nathan Johnson

Behind the scenes

Behind the Scenes with The Cast of Wake Up Dead Man | Netflix — Still Watching Netflix · 4 min
Rian Johnson on Creating the World of Wake Up Dead Man with Daniel Craig | Netflix — Still Watching Netflix · 5 min
Wake Up Dead Man Cast Take You Behind the Scenes | Netflix — Still Watching Netflix · 8 min
Rian Johnson Breaks Down a Scene From 'Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery' | Vanity Fair — Vanity Fair · 23 min
The Wake Up Dead Man Cast Try Benoit Blanc's Accent | Netflix — Still Watching Netflix · 2 min
Josh O'Connor and Josh Brolin Interview Each Other | Wake Up Dead Man | Netflix — Still Watching Netflix · 3 min
Mystery ASMR with the Cast of Wake Up Dead Man | Netflix — Still Watching Netflix · 3 min
Wake Up, Dead Man – Inside the Making of the Church That Became a Character — Collider Behind the Scenes · 8 min

Elsewhere

More by Rian Johnson

Evil Demon Golfball from Hell!!! — 1996
Brick — 2005
The Brothers Bloom — 2008
Looper — 2012
Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi — 2017
Knives Out — 2019
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery — 2022

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