The budget for the third film in Rian Johnson’s hugely acclaimed murder master series Knives Out has reportedly hit the $210 million mark, according to reports online.
Titled Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, which is being released on Netflix, was recently shot in London, wrapping some two weeks ago, but Jeff Sneider’s The Insneider is reporting that the film will have the highest budget for a film of its kind, 5 times the cost of the first film in the series, Knives Out.
Josh Brolin, Josh O’Connor, Jeremy Renner, Cailee Spaeny, Andrew Scott, Kerry Washington, Mila Kunis, Daryl McCormack and Glenn Close lead the ensemble cast of the new film will Daniel Craig, of course, returning to the role of Benoit Blanc, the brilliant detective charged. with sniffing out the villain.
Having been shot in the UK, and a supposedly a recipient of tax credits, the budget will be disclosed down the line, but this is a huge step up from the first two movies if true.
We’re hearing that this one is set in a sleeping English village with previous instalments taking place in rural Massachusetts and a billionaire’s Greek island. The third one is due on screens sometime in 2025.
We’ll keep you posted.
