"Introduced in 2019's Knives Out, Blanc's syrupy Southern drawl and idiosyncratic approach to solving a mysterious New England death charmed audiences worldwide and launched a modern whodunnit franchise. The third installment in the series, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, has already garnered early rave reviews after screening at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) over the weekend. And now Netflix has released the official trailer, showcasing Blanc tackling the inexplicable death of a parish priest in a spookily Gothic small-town setting."
"Knives Out was a masterfully plotted, winning mashup of Clue and Murder on the Orient Express-or any number of adaptations of novels by the grande dame of murder mysteries, Agatha Christie-along with other classics like Deathtrap, Gosford Park, and Murder by Death. Bestselling crime novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) supposedly committed suicide just after celebrating his 85th birthday with his extended family. But not everyone was satisfied that the death was a suicide-least of all Benoit Blanc, who ultimately revealed the truth."
Benoit Blanc, introduced in 2019's Knives Out and portrayed by Daniel Craig, combines a syrupy Southern drawl with an idiosyncratic investigative style and launched a modern whodunnit franchise. The third film, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, screened at TIFF to rave reviews and received a Netflix trailer showing Blanc investigating the inexplicable death of a parish priest in a spookily Gothic small-town setting. Knives Out centered on bestselling crime novelist Harlan Thrombey's apparent suicide and Blanc's dramatic revelation of the truth. Glass Onion followed with Blanc solving a murder among a tech billionaire's circle on a private island.
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