Rian Johnson’s ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ To World Premiere At Toronto Film Festival
deadline.comThe Toronto Film Festival said Wednesday that Netflix’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Rian Johnson’s follow-up to his hit 2019 murder mystery pic, will world premiere at this year’s edition of the festival, which runs September 8-18.No firm date has been set for the premiere.
Knives Out, which grossed $311.6 million worldwide when it bowed in November 2019, also had its world premiere that year at TIFF.Daniel Craig returns to the film franchise as gentleman detective Benoit Blanc, who this time travels to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery involving a new cast of colorful suspects.
The A-list cast this time includes Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Jessica Henwick and Madelyn Cline along with Kate Hudson and Dave Bautista.Johnson directed and wrote the pic and produces with his producing partner Ram Bergman.Netflix has been slowly rolling out info for its franchise since it landed it a blockbuster deal in March 2021 after a bidding battle with Apple and Amazon.
As Deadline broke, Netflix pacted with Johnson to make two sequels with Johnson and the helm and Craig as Blanc.The original Knives Out starred Christopher Plummer, Ana de Armas, Chris Evans, Michael Shannon, Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Johnson, LaKeith Stanfield and more and was acquired in a single-picture deal by MRC, which distributed it via Lionsgate.
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