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In case you’ve somehow not noticed it, Rian Johnson is indeed having a moment. More specifically, Johnson-helmed mysteries can’t help but dominate the conversation, including with last month’s Netflix arrival of the Knives Out continuation Glass Onion. And while fans probably shouldn’t expect their tweeted wishes for a Muppets and Benoit Blanc crossover to be brought […]
You’ve heard the demands. Now hear the (potentially disappointing but understandably so) response from the man himself. Indeed, as you’ve no doubt stumbled across in recent days, there have been some seriously passionate discussions across social media regarding a growing desire among a number of Knives Out and Glass Onion fans for the investigatorial prowess […]
Following the release of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery on Netflix, Rian Johnson said he’s “pissed off” about its title. In an interview with The Atlantic, the director explained that he just wanted the Knives Out sequel to be called Glass Onion. “I’ve tried hard to make them self-contained,” Johnson said of the burgeoning film franchise. “Honestly, I’m pissed off […]
The full trailer for Rian Johnson’s highly-anticipated Knives Out sequel has arrived. Featuring the return of Daniel Craig as Detective Benoit Blanc, the latest look at Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery offers a closer look at the cast of characters he’ll be investigating. As the trailer showcases, Edward Norton’s Miles Bron, a tech billionaire, invites some of his […]
Ahead of next month’s release of the mystery sequel Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, writer/director Rian Johnson has confirmed the sexual orientation of Daniel Craig’s character Benoit Blanc. During a press conference at the London Film Festival last weekend, Johnson revealed that Blanc, the protagonist detective portrayed by the James Bond actor, is queer. When asked about a particular scene […]
Despite the divisive reaction amongst Star Wars fans, The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson says five years on he’s proud of how the film turned out. “I’m even more proud of it five years on,” he told Empire on the fifth anniversary of the film. “When I was up at bat, I really swung at the ball. […]
Netflix has finalized a deal worth over $400 million for two sequels to the 2019 surprise box office hit Knives Out, Variety reports. Rian Johnson will be returning to direct the next two films, which he has already written, and Daniel Craig will be reprising his role as detective Benoit Blanc. Johnson’s ode to the Agatha Christie novels earned $311 million […]
Detective Benoit Blanc will indeed return. Deadline has learned that Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer confirmed during the company’s third-quarter earnings call Thursday that a sequel to Knives Out has been given the green light. The 2019 film, which was written and directed by Rian Johnson, has become a commercial and critical success, grossing nearly $300 million worldwide at the box office while also receiving three Golden […]
Early reactions to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker have started to pile up after its world premiere on Monday. As is always the case with writing an entire piece about tweeted reactions to movies that aren’t actually out yet, all of this should be approached with caution, though there appears to be at least one common […]
Even as Frozen 2 expectedly dominated the box office in its extended five-day Thanksgiving weekend run, Knives Out was still able to carve out a lane for itself to the tune of $70 million worldwide. The whodunit murder-mystery film was expected to make between $22 and $25 million domestically, and surpassed those projections from Friday to Sunday alone, where the […]
