As Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (AKA Knives Out 2) premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival, Netflix has dropped a first trailer spotlighting the film’s key players, ranging from retired 007 Daniel Craig, who reprises his role as the charming southern sleuth Benoit Blanc, to an all-new ensemble cast.
According to Netflix, the premise for the forthcoming Knives Out “sequel” is as follows:
Tech billionaire Miles Bron (Edward Norton) invites his friends for a getaway on his private Greek island. When someone turns up dead, Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is put on the case.
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Writer and director Rian Johnson has previously noted Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery isn’t a strict continuation of its predecessor (hence “sequel”). Instead, this is a standalone whodunnit following Craig’s Detective Benoit Blanc on his latest mystery.
“I’ve never really been interested in doing sequels – but this, the idea of doing more of these with Daniel as his character, is not sequels,” Rian Johnson revealed to SiriusXM.
“It’s just coming up with a whole new mystery, a whole new location, all-new cast, whole new mechanics of the appeal of a mystery, and everything.”
“You look at Agatha Christie’s books and it’s not like every single one is a mansion, a library, and a detective. Besides setting, she also explored a bunch of different subgenres. She found a different narrative way into each of them.”
“There’s so many different things you can do with it. And that’s what’s fun about it.”
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In addition to Daniel Craig and Edward Norton, you can expect Dave Bautista as YouTube star Duke Cody; Janelle Monae as tech entrepreneur Cassandra “Andi” Brand; Kathryn Hahn as Connecticut governor and Senate hopeful Claire Debella; with Leslie Odom Jr as a scientist employed by Norton’s Miles Bron by the name of Lionel Toussaint.
Kate Hudson has also made an appearance as eccentric fashion designer Birdie Jay; Madelyn Cline as Duke Cody’s younger girlfriend and channel assistant Whiskey; Jessica Henwick as Birdie Jay’s assistant Peg; while America’s other dad Ethan Hawke has been locked in for an undisclosed role.
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (AKA Knives Out 2) hits Netflix on December 23rd of 2022 – check out the first official trailer above.
