“A Knives Out Mystery” expands the cast to include Daryl McCormack

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Daryl McCormack (Good luck, Leo Grande) is the occupation of Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Crime Thrillerthe third film in the Knife out Franchise from screenwriter and director Rian Johnson, Deadline has confirmed.

It is not yet known what role he will play in the third sequel. Daniel Craig will return in his role as the famous southern detective Benoit Blanc. As previously announced, Josh O’Connor, Cailee Spaeny, Andrew Scott, Kerry Washington, Jeremy Renner and Mila Kunis are also part of the cast this time.

A contemporary revival of the crime genre, the Knife out The franchise revolves around the investigations of Craig’s character Blanc. The series launched in 2019 with Johnson’s crime thriller of the same name, starring Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Christopher Plummer and others, which grossed over $310 million worldwide. Due to the popularity of the first film, which received an Oscar nomination for its screenplay, Netflix acquired the rights to produce two sequels for $450 million – the first of which Glass Onion: A Knives Out Crime Thrillerwas released in 2022.

Johnson directs Wake up, dead man based on his own screenplay and also produced for T-Street together with his partner Ram Bergman.

He became known for his role alongside Emma Thompson in the acclaimed Sundance dramedy Good luck, Leo Grandereleased by Searchlight through Hulu, McCormack is a BAFTA-nominated Irish actor best known for his performances in series such as The woman in the wall, Evil Sisters And Peaky BlindersHe will next appear in Paramount’s Twisterswill be released on July 19, and the star thriller anniversary.

Variety was the first to report the news.