{"id":152668,"date":"2025-11-25T20:42:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T20:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/152668\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T20:42:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T20:42:10","slug":"knives-out-director-confirms-francis-ford-coppolas-dracula-influences-key-scene-in-the-wake-up-dead-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/152668\/","title":{"rendered":"Knives Out Director Confirms Francis Ford Coppola’s Dracula Influences Key Scene in the Wake Up Dead Man"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three years after Glass Onion, the Knives Out<\/a> franchise is back. The upcoming Wake Up Dead Man, the third installment, breaks the mold Netflix had created for the film series, and will have a limited theatrical release before heading to the platform.<\/p>\n

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery brings back Daniel Craig as Detective Benoit Blanc<\/a>, with a new star-studded ensemble cast. The film changes its scenery to a church, which had a practical set. Speaking to CBR’s Grae Drake ahead of the film’s limited theatrical release on Nov. 26, Rian Johnson confirmed Wake Up Dead Man’s influences, which included Francis Ford Coppola’s Dracula.<\/p>\n

During a key scene at the beginning of the film, which includes Annie Hamilton’s character Grace, the filmmaker noted he used Dracula as one of his influences.<\/p>\n

“It’s definitely got that vibe,” the filmmaker replied when Dario Argento and his 1977 horror <\/a>Suspiria<\/a> were brought up. “I was thinking at the time of a movie I love, Francis Ford Coppola’s Dracula<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

“It has, because we actually used practical gels to create kind of this weird kind of patches of color and almost a stained-glass effect to cue that we’re in the flashlight, and we end up leaning into that.”<\/p>\n

The filmmaker continued, “And for me, that very theatrical, kind of almost silent movie acting that Annie Hamilton, who played Grace, ended up bringing to it. Yeah, that was kind of the influence. It was just how much can we make this feel assaulting?”<\/p>\n

Wake Up Dead Man might look like it was filmed in a real church, but the filmmaker revealed that “The interior of the church was a church.”<\/p>\n

Detailing the months of work that went into making it look real, Johnson explained it was all thanks to the hard work of Steve Yedlin, the cinematographer. “That is months of prep with Steve Yedlin, because we had the conversation about that. He pre-rigged all of the lights, and then we would like playing music from his laptop, be able to just play the sun coming out, so we could time it and shape it to the scenes, and trigger it exactly when we want it.”<\/p>\n

Rian Johnson Explained Why Benoit Blanc’s Appearance Is Delayed in Wake Up Dead Man<\/p>\n

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Daniel Craig is the only returning character across all three films, and his investigations keep the film series going. However, this time, Johnson preferred to set up the story before welcoming Benoit Blanc back. The filmmaker explained, “We give you a glimpse of him at the beginning. I promise you, Daniel Craig will be in this movie with his gorgeous, long hair.”<\/p>\n

Johnson described Wake Up Dead Man as “a little bit more of a traditional murder mystery structure<\/a>, where you meet all the suspects, and the first act, someone gets killed, the detective shows up, and then you’re off to the races.”<\/p>\n

“With this one, it made sense to me because of the character of Father Jud, Josh O’Connor’s character, and the fact that the movie is about faith, and this kind of, many different levels of faith, in terms of what that means personally, in terms of Christianity and the culture and politics, it’s kind of a complex beast.”<\/p>\n

He concluded, “To give him the runway of that first act, to really establish his conflict between him and Monsignor Wicks, and to see what’s at stake here in a way that didn’t feel rushed, and feels like we take the time to really lay that down. So that when Blanc enters with his own perspective, we have the whole setup with Josh, and now we know what journey they’re on together. So it made sense to me.”<\/p>\n

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery premieres in select theaters on Nov. 26 before heading to Netflix on Dec. 12.<\/p>\n

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Release Date<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSeptember 13, 2025<\/p>\n

Director<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRian Johnson<\/p>\n

Producers<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRam Bergman<\/p>\n

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Daniel Craig<\/p>\n

\n Benoit Blanc\n <\/p>\n

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Cailee Spaeny<\/p>\n

\n Father Frank\n <\/p>\n

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Andrew Scott<\/p>\n

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