Knives Out 3 finally has a title, but the sequel’s release has one caveat that not everyone is happy with.
The next Benoit Blanc mystery, the follow-up to Knives Out and Glass Onion, is called Wake Up Dead Man.pic.twitter.com/pdDXRDmwcI
Asone X userwrote: “Still wild to me that the first one of these made $300 million on a $42 million budget and Netflix was like ‘Wow what a successful franchise we’ve just hoarded for ourselves…why don’t we never give any of these a wide release ever again)’.”
“They keep complaining about movie theaters being dead but put the movies that are perfect for a theater release on Netflix instead,”said another.
One userwrote: “Was happy until i saw the last sentence. Did Glass Onion’s complete fall off mean nothing to you?” Whilea fourthadded: “Netflix’s greediness is single-handedly destroying the film industry actually.”
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“Curious to see if this one gets a wide theatrical release,” saidone comment. “I heard Rian was pissed about Netflix’s handling of Glass Onion (which was a huge hit for them). He holds all franchise rights so if he’s not happy with their rollout of WUDM any further movies could go elsewhere.”
Of course, the movie will land on the streaming service one way or another, but whether this will include a limited theatrical run has yet to be confirmed. While Knives Out earned $315 million at the box office, Glass Onion had a small-scale theatrical release before landing on the streamer, and only earned $13 million in comparison.
Jessica Cullen is a TV and Movies Writer on Dexerto’s UK team. She’s previously written for The Digital Fix, Cosmopolitan, Refinery29, Slate and more. Aside from being the residential Yellowstone expert, she also loves Westerns, ’90s action movies, and true crime. You can email her here: jessica.cullen@dexerto.com.
