Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery hits Netflix this holiday season

Netflix will release Knives Out 2 this holiday season. Rian Johnson, the Twitter handle for the Benoit blanc mystery revealed Monday the name. Glass Onion: The Knives Out Mystery.

In the following: thread, Johnson described how much he wanted to emulate Agatha Christie and have each of Benoit Blanc’s mysteries take on a new tone (and also a new title). The detective, as played by Daniel Craig with an ambiguous and indecipherable Southern accent, will return, but the overall vibe will be different — it’s an homage to Christie’s masterful exploration of the genre, Johnson said.

“I think there’s a misperception that her books use the same formula over and over, but fans know the opposite is true,” he describes. He continues to describe the various genres Christie had explored during her murder mysteries. And what he hopes to accomplish with his Benoit blanc mysteries.

In 2019, Knives Out’s first movie featured the dysfunctional and wealthy Thrombey clan, who were left behind by their patriarch Harlan. In the new movie, Benoit Blanc will find himself embroiled in a new mystery — with a totally new cast, characters, locations, and mystery.

There aren’t many more details known so far, but we Do know that the cast includes Dave Bautista, Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Kate Hudson, Madelyn Cline, Jessica Henwick, and Ethan Hawke — and that filming was done in Greece.

Glass Onion: The Knives Out Mystery Later this year, Netflix will be available on the Internet.