You may have heard there’s a new “Knives Out” movie coming in 2025.
Rian Johnson says it’s called “Wake Up Dead Man.” There are no plot details yet for the second Netflix outing and third overall episode starring Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc. We don’t even know if Hugh Grant is returning as Benoit’s partner.
But we do know that two cast members have been confirmed. Josh O’Connor will play the Hot Guy, Cailee Spaeny will be the Ingenue, or Hot Girl.
Josh won an Emmy for playing Young Prince Charles in “The Crown.” He’s currently heating up a tennis threesome in “Challengers.”
Spaeny won raves as Priscilla Presley in Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla.” She’s a young war photographer with a lot of film in her bag in “Civil War.”
So who’s next? These movies are a publicist’s dream. All the cast announcements make for good items. There will be young people, old people, and a couple of Hollywood veterans we haven’t thought about in a long time.
You know who’d be funny? Daniel Day Lewis. (Not happening.)
It is time for Dustin Hoffman, however.
