**FREE** Q&Awards: WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY

Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) returns for his most dangerous case yet in the third and darkest chapter of Rian Johnson’s murder mystery opus. When young priest Jud Duplenticy (Josh O’Connor) is sent to assist charismatic firebrand Monsignor Jefferson Wicks (Josh Brolin), it’s clear that all is not well in the pews. Wicks’s modest but devoted flock includes devout church lady Martha Delacroix (Glenn Close), circumspect groundskeeper Samson Holt (Thomas Haden Church), tightly wound lawyer Vera Draven (Kerry Washington), aspiring politician Cy Draven (Daryl McCormack), town doctor Nat Sharp (Jeremy Renner), bestselling author Lee Ross (Andrew Scott), and concert cellist Simone Vivane (Cailee Spaeny). After a sudden and seemingly impossible murder rocks the town, the lack of an obvious suspect prompts local police chief Geraldine Scott (Mila Kunis) to join forces with renowned detective Benoit Blanc to unravel a mystery that defies all logic. Academy Award–nominated filmmaker Rian Johnson writes and directs Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery and assembles another all-star, award-winning cast.

WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY released in select theaters November 26 and premieres on Netflix December 12.

Rian Johnson is a two-time Academy Award® and Golden Globe®-nominated filmmaker known for telling unique stories across a wide variety of genres. 

For Johnson’s worldwide hit KNIVES OUT, he received Academy Award®, WGA® and Critics Choice® Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay. The film was nominated for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy) at the Golden Globes® and was included in both AFI and NBR’s Top 10 Films of 2019. Following the film’s success, Netflix bought the rights to the next two installments – one of the biggest deals ever made for the rights to a movie series. His follow-up, GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY, reprises Daniel Craig his role as Detective Benoit Blanc and introduced another star-studded cast. GLASS ONION premiered on Netflix Christmas weekend in 2022 after a record-breaking limited theatrical release. The third installment of the KNIVES OUT franchise, WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY, released November 26th with a limited run in select theaters and will release on Netflix on December 12th. Johnson wrote, directed and produced the film alongside partner Ram Bergman under their T-street banner. 

In 2023, in partnership with MRC, T-Street produced two films as part of their new label to support first time visionary directors, including the Netflix erotic thriller FAIR PLAY from Chloe Dumont, which saw major film festival successes and quickly rose to #1 on the Top 10 list, and TIFF Audience Award winner AMERICAN FICTION for MGM, directed and written by Academy Award®-winner Cord Jefferson and starring Jeffery Wright. The latter garnered many nominations and accolades, including an Academy Award ® win for Jefferson for Best Adapted Screenplay.  

Johnson’s additional film credits include STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI, the critically acclaimed LOOPER, THE BROTHERS BLOOM and BRICK. 

For television, Johnson executive produced, co-wrote and directed several episodes of the gritty and clever case-of-the-week mystery series, POKER FACE which premiered its first season on Peacock in January 2023. Hailed by Variety as one of the best TV series of 2023 and Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with a 98%, the series stars Natasha Lyonne and Benjamin Bratt and features an all-star lineup of guest stars including Chloë Sevigny, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Adrien Brody and Stephanie Hsu among others. The series was quickly renewed for a second season and was nominated for four Emmys® and secured a WGA® for Episodic Comedy. The second season premiered on May 8th seeing the return of Natasha Lyonne as “Charlie Cale” and welcomed celebrated guests Cynthia Erivo, Katie Holmes, Kumail Nanjiani, Ego Nwodim, BJ Novak, Margo Martindale and others. 

T-Street also executive produced Netflix’s Emmy® nominated science-fiction series, 3 BODY PROBLEM based on Lui Cixin’s book of the same name. Ten days after its premiere, the series reached the #1 Show in the World and was nominated for six Emmy Awards® including Outstanding Drama Series. The second season of the renowned show began production this summer. 

Recently announced, Johnson and Bergman’s T-Street signed a two-picture producing deal with Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group. 

Bob Ducsay, ACE is a longtime collaborator with writer/director Rian Johnson, having edited WAKE UP DEAD MAN, GLASS ONION, KNIVES OUT, STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI and the acclaimed sci-fi thriller LOOPER, in addition to episodes of Johnson’s Peacock series POKER FACE. His other editing credits include SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY, GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS, and Gareth Edwards’ GODZILLA which he also co-produced. He currently editing the Michelle Williams drama A PLACE IN HELL, for director Chloe Domont and T-Street.

Ducsay collaborated with filmmaker Stephen Sommers for over two decades, having served as Sommers’ editor and producer on THE MUMMY RETURNS, VAN HELSING, and G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA, in addition to producing THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR. He also served as president of Sommers Company for eight years.

His other editing credits include THE ADVENTURES OF HUCK FINN, JUNGLE BOOK, and THE MUMMY. Ducsay also executive produced the 2004 Academy Award-winning short film TWO SOLDIERS for director Aaron Schneider.

The Miami native received his BA from the University of Pennsylvania and his MFA from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts.