On December 23, 2022, in an interview with TheWrap, Johnson and Bergman confirmed that discussions between Netflix and the creatives about a possible Blu-ray release of the film had taken place, with Bergman saying, "There have been conversations but no results yet. I really hope we can do it. We've got plenty of good stuff to fill out a disc if anyone's interested." Johnson—a longtime advocate of physical media—also was hopeful, saying that even if it does not come to fruition, he will strive to make an audio commentary available in some form. [66] Reception [ edit ] Box office [ edit ] Haar, Pete Vonder (December 20, 2019). "It's Hooray For Hollywood (and Marriage) As The Houston Film Critics Society Announces Its 2019 Nominees". Houston Press. Archived from the original on April 8, 2022 . Retrieved September 18, 2023.

Kroll, Justin (October 25, 2018). "Jamie Lee Curtis Joins Rian Johnson's 'Knives Out' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on March 1, 2019 . Retrieved March 11, 2019. On an island off the coast of Ireland, guests gather to celebrate two people joining their lives together as one. The groom: handsome and charming, a rising television star. The bride: smart and ambitious, a magazine publisher. It’s a wedding for a magazine, or for a celebrity: the designer dress, the remote location, the luxe party favors, the boutique whiskey. The cell phone service may be spotty and the waves may be rough, but every detail has been expertly planned and will be expertly executed. Sinha-Roy, Piya; Keegan, Rebecca (January 5, 2020). " 'Knives Out' Sequel in the Works, Story to Center on Daniel Craig's Detective Character". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on January 6, 2020 . Retrieved January 6, 2020. a b Lemmon, Kyle (December 2, 2019). " "Knives Out" Collaborators Rian and Nathan Johnson on Powering a Modern Whodunit". Flood. Archived from the original on November 5, 2022 . Retrieved August 24, 2023.a b c d Chitwood, Adam (November 26, 2019). "Knives Out Composer Nathan Johnson on His Cutting Score". Collider. Archived from the original on January 18, 2023 . Retrieved November 1, 2022. The budget is spent on spectacle and the hi-tech world it creates brings Craig closer to the whizzy gadgetry he played with as James Bond than to the analogue deductive tools of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. On the other side you have Marta (Ana de Armas), and she gives you in the movie an opportunity to talk about class and wealth. Talk a little bit about employing the constraints of genre — or the opportunities of genre — to get these bigger ideas across. a b Williams, Conor (November 26, 2019). "Rian Johnson Asks His Cousin Nathan How To Score A Movie". Interview. Archived from the original on March 26, 2023 . Retrieved November 1, 2022. Kathryn Hahn, Madelyn Cline, Edward Norton, Leslie Odom Jr and Kate Hudson in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. Photograph: John Wilson/Netflix

a b Giorgis, Hannah (November 29, 2019). "The Unlikely Hero of Rian Johnson's Knives Out". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on February 28, 2023 . Retrieved September 21, 2023. Still unknown who hired him detective Blanc is getting closer to the murderer. When the funeral for Harlan is happening Ransom does not show up he says he was busy that day, which makes Blanc suspicious of him. Fuster, Jeremy (December 13, 2018). "Lionsgate to Release Rian Johnson's 'Knives Out' With MRC". TheWrap. Archived from the original on March 24, 2023 . Retrieved July 27, 2023. Johnson said he was "pissed" that A Knives Out Mystery was added as the subtitle, originally intending the film to be titled Glass Onion and act as a standalone story. [37] [54] While he said he understood the need for audiences to understand that Glass Onion was part of a series, he believes that "the whole appeal to me is it’s a new novel off the shelf every time" and that there is an industry trend with "the gravity of a thousand suns toward serialized storytelling". [55] Theatrical and streaming [ edit ]For the self-indulgent Ransom, Rian envisioned Chris Evans after seeing him in the Broadway revival of Kenneth Lonergan's Lobby Hero, having been impressed with his performance as a contemptible villain. [11] [38] Evans was known mainly for his live-action role as Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), and Rian exploited the actor's everyman persona to ignite tension between moviegoers and Ransom, saying, "You've got to see it not as baggage, but as ammunition. If there was someone in that part who the audience inherently wanted to like, that would help the arc overall." [38] Although Evans was preparing to embark on a hiatus after finishing his duties for Avengers: Endgame (2019), he reconsidered when the producers relayed they would film near his home in Massachusetts. [11] Some of these feel very against-type in a very fresh way. I’m broadly interested in your casting philosophy, from sketching these characters out to bringing them to life. In Pretty as a Picture, Elizabeth Little creates a cinematic world of mystery and murder that draws comparisons to the hit film, Knives Out. The story follows Marissa Dahl, an up-and-coming film editor who travels to a small island off the coast of Delaware to work with the legendary director, Tony Rees. But upon her arrival, Marissa discovers that nothing is as it seems and rumors of accidents, indiscretions, and scandals run rampant.

Returning Knives Out crew members included cinematographer Steve Yedlin, editor Bob Ducsay, and composer Nathan Johnson. [40] [44] Filming began on Spetses, an island in Greece, on June 28, 2021. [45] Johnson discovered the Amanzoe's Villa 20 in Porto Heli and decided to use it as a major filming location. It also housed the cast and their families for the majority of the shoot, which Johnson described as "a summer vacation where we also made a movie". [7] The shoot moved out of Greece on July 30 to continue shooting interior and New York scenes in Belgrade, [46] and wrapped officially on September 13, 2021. [47] [48] The story takes place at Bayview High, where the five students are all in detention together. Bronwyn, the brain, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule. Addy, the beauty, is the picture-perfect homecoming princess. Nate, the criminal, is already on probation for dealing. Cooper, the athlete, is the all-star baseball pitcher. And Simon, the outcast, is the creator of Bayview High’s notorious gossip app. Simon, the one who never makes it out of detention alive, had planned to reveal secrets about all four of his classmates. This makes all four of them suspects in his murder. At dinner a recorded message accuses each of them in turn of having a guilty secret, and by the end of the night one of the guests is dead. Knives Out essays are academic essays for citation. These papers were written primarily by students and provide critical analysis of Knives Out by Rian Johnson.Wiseman, Andreas (October 8, 2018). "Lakeith Stanfield Joins Daniel Craig & Chris Evans In Rian Johnson's Murder Mystery 'Knives Out' ". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019 . Retrieved March 11, 2019. In terms of the relationship between your writing and your directing, for a movie like this which has such a specific vibe, how did you craft the script with an eye toward filming it? What kinds of choices did you make in those beginning stages? Then there is the satire. The Thrombey family display a predominantly conservative strain in their political discussions, an arrogant vagueness on the subject of where in South or Central America Marta comes from, and a distinct sense that migrants are not entitled to all that much in America, which makes the reading of the will even more traumatic for them. These grownup princelings and princesslings are not dissimilar to the Trump and Murdoch inheritors, or like the Roy household in Jesse Armstrong’s satire Succession.

a b Squires, John (January 21, 2020). "Rian Johnson's Knives Out Brings Murder and Mystery into Your Home This February". Bloody Disgusting. Archived from the original on January 22, 2020 . Retrieved January 21, 2020. Cole, Jake (September 8, 2019). "Review: Knives Out Is an Expert Parody of Whodunit Class Politics". Slant Magazine. Archived from the original on October 12, 2022 . Retrieved September 7, 2023. Earlier you’d mentioned the thriller segment of the film as being its own kind of red herring. I love the red herrings in this movie because they offer great character moments in places where actors can really shine. No whodunit is complete without them, of course, but can you talk about how you saw a creative opportunity in them? Apart from Daniel Craig, none of the cast members from the first movie will appear in the second one. The all-new cast includes Kate Hudson as Birdie Jay, Edward Norton as Miles Bron, Janelle Monáe as Cassandra Brand, and Dave Bautista as Duke Cody. Where to watch Knives Out movies?The verdict is clear for first-time crime writer Charlotte Vassell: murder mysteries are so popular now because they are an unbeatable way to scrutinise society. “A murder is an aberration of the social contract. So as a crime writer, you set up the part of society you want to study and then pull it all apart. We are all just nosey, really,” she said. Craig worked with a dialect coach to regain familiarity with Blanc's Southern accent. [35] Johnson previously considered having Blanc speak with an inexplicably different accent in each film. [36] Writing [ edit ] a b Tallerico, Brian (November 25, 2019). "Knives Out". RogerEbert.com. Archived from the original on January 26, 2023 . Retrieved September 7, 2023. Only, Simon never makes it out of that classroom. Before the end of detention Simon’s dead. And according to investigators, his death wasn’t an accident. On Monday, he died. But on Tuesday, he’d planned to post juicy reveals about all four of his high-profile classmates, which makes all four of them suspects in his murder. Or are they the perfect patsies for a killer who’s still on the loose? Fleming, Mike Jr. (December 13, 2018). "Thanksgiving 2019: Lionsgate To Release MRC's Rian Johnson Murder Mystery 'Knives Out' With Daniel Craig & Killer Cast". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on March 31, 2019 . Retrieved March 11, 2019.