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Crack out the crime tape because this year’s BFI London Film Festival (LFF) opener is going to be piling up the bodies on the South Bank.
Rian Johnson’s third Knives Out movie, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, will be opening the 69th London Film Festival at the Royal Festival Hall and cinemas cross the UK on October 8.
Expect big stars and bloody murder, as Daniel Craig’s sleuth Benoit Blanc gets to the bottom of another criminal conspiracy in an as-yet-undisclosed setting.
Also starring in the Netflix movie is another killer ensemble, including – deep breath – Josh O'Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack and Thomas Haden Church.
Johnson’s entertaining murder-mystery series has a close relationship with the festival. The first Knives Out was the AMEX gala at the LFF in 2019, while the second Knives Out movie, Glass Onion, closed the festival in 2022.
‘We’re honoured to be opening the BFI London Film Festival with Wake Up Dead Man,’ says Johnson. ‘London is the birthplace of the golden age of detective fiction and it's a thrill to be back!’
‘[It’s a] film that twists, turns and will keep audiences guessing to the final frame,’ says festival director
Kristy Matheson. ‘The third of the brilliant Knives Out films we have presented at the LFF, we are delighted to reunite for our special Opening Night.’
The 69th BFI London Film Festival runs from October 8-19. Tickets go on sale to the general public on September 16. Head to the official festival site for all the info.
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery will stream on Netflix from December 12.
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