{"id":125702,"date":"2025-09-07T03:40:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T03:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/125702\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T03:40:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T03:40:06","slug":"rian-johnson-daniel-craig-debut-wake-up-dead-man-at-tiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/125702\/","title":{"rendered":"Rian Johnson, Daniel Craig Debut Wake Up Dead Man at TIFF"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\u201cCan I get an \u2018Amen?\u2019\u201d Rian Johnson bellowed while welcoming a packed house to the world premiere of his third \u201cKnives Out\u201d installment \u201cWake Up Dead Man\u201d on Saturday night at the Toronto Film Festival<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe crowd generously complied, but their early shouts of \u201camen\u201d paled in comparison to the laughs and cheers that echoed through the theater for much of the gothic thriller\u2019s two-hour runtime. Indeed, the new \u201cKnives Out\u201d movie nearly brought the house down.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThen, as the credits rolled, TIFF moviegoers welcomed the all-star cast \u2014 Daniel Craig, Josh O\u2019Connor, Glenn Close, Kerry Washington, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Andrew Scott, Daryl McCormack and Cailee Spaeny \u2014 to the stage with a roar of applause for the Q&A.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhat many in the audience didn\u2019t know was that the troupe of A-listers were also seeing the movie for the first time. And they were delighted by the enthusiastic reception, each one gushing about the camaraderie on set and Johnson\u2019s sure-handed guidance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tAll three \u201cKnives Out\u201d movies have launched at TIFF, Johnson noted when he and the \u201cWake Up Dead Man\u201d cast visited the Variety Studio before the screening.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cTo be doing this third one, to be here with these people, with this cast, I mean, it\u2019s the best. I can\u2019t wait to show the movie,\u201d Johnson said, eagerly anticipating the Saturday night screening.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the latest installment, Craig returns as detective Benoit Blanc, taking on his most dangerous case yet. He reflected on wrapping up the mystery movie trilogy \u2014 at least for now.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cLike most things in this business it\u2019s a constant surprise,\u201d Craig saidm remembering when Johnson\u2019s first script came his way. \u201cWe made it with no ambition whatsoever. Just let\u2019s do the best movie we can. And it became something, and then here we are.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tBut Craig didn\u2019t definitively retire the character. \u201cThese movies have to work at a very, very high level, otherwise there\u2019s no point in doing them,\u201d he said. \u201cSo as long as they\u2019re doing that, we\u2019ll keep doing them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tTranslation: The case may not be closed for Benoit Blanc. <\/p>\n

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