Benoit Blanc is Back Again in Knives Out 3: Wake Up, Dead Man

Out for Blood // Solving a new murder is Benoit Blanc as he goes head-to-head with a killer. There will be death, and a new mystery to solve, but will he solve it in time? (Photo by Mila Ekstrom)

Death is knocking on Benoit Blanc’s door as he faces a mystery quite daunting. Knives Out is a franchise which first came out in 2019, with its sequel Glass Onion: a Knives Out Mystery, coming out in 2022. Now, back again, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery was released to select movie theaters on November 26, 2025.

The Knives Out series is about a detective, Benoit Blanc, played by Daniel Craig, who goes around the world to solve people’s "mysterious" deaths. First, he figured out who inherited the dying man’s fortune in the first movie, and he went to a Murder Mystery Party with an actual killer in the second film. 

Now, in Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, he is in Upstate New York, specifically in the imaginary borough: Chimney Rock. He solves the mystery with big questions: What happened in the Holy Church? What happened to the Church Leader? Do you believe what you first see or is that an illusion?

That is the key to this franchise- the characters staging a death as if it were an accident. Benoit Blanc’s adventures are one big murder mystery party. These movies entice you and have every plot point that a mystery movie has: the obvious suspect, the climax, the shocking revelation, the weapon (firearm or poison), and the big dramatic reveal answering, ‘Who dunnit?’

While this movie is similar to the others in the saga, this particular film takes a different approach. This movie focuses more on religion, faith, and people’s belief in humanity, which makes it the main theme behind this tragedy, while the other movies focused on superficial billionaires. 

Knives Out: Wake Up Dead Man is in select theaters now, and for all the Netflix streaming lovers, the movie will be coming to your homescreen on December 12, 2025. Get ready with some popcorn and soda for the big question mark as Benoit Blanc goes on his quest to figure out who did it? And will he wake up the dead man?