Rian Johnson’s Knives Out became a huge commercial and critical success upon its release in 2019, and its sequel is arguably one of the most anticipated films of the year. The murder mystery blockbuster received overwhelming acclaim, going on to gross more than $310m on a $40m budget – as well as an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay.
Johnson – best known as writer-director of Looper and Star Wars: The Last Jedi – had ideas for a series of whodunnits before Knives Out was even released, and the success of Knives Out paved the way for his plan to come to fruition. Two years after its release, Netflix acquired the rights to two standalone sequels in a deal worth a whopping $469 million, the first of which drops on the platform in December.
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery boasts an all-star ensemble cast including Edward Norton, Kate Hudson, Dave Bautista, and Daniel Craig, who returns as the Southern detective Benoit Blanc. In it, the master sleuth travels to Greece to peel back the layers of a new case as a billionaire tech boss hosts a murder mystery party on his private island with a group of friends.
