Wake Up Dead Man Archives

The UK’s most complained about film of 2025 was a trailer

by Simon Brew | Jun 29, 2026 | News

Paul Feig's The Housemaid was the most complained about film to the BBFC in 2025 - but not, er, because of the feature film....

Knives Out: Wake Up Dead Man review | A miracle of a murder

by James Harvey | Nov 26, 2025 | News, Reviews

Rian Johnson conjures a deliciously Gothic mystery with a winning turn from Josh O’Connor. Here’s our Wake Up Dead Man review....

Rian Johnson says his sci-fi film harks back to 70s paranoid thrillers

by Ryan Lambie | Oct 22, 2025 | News

Knives Out director Rian Johnson says his next project will be a sci-fi film that harks back to a 1970s era of paranoid thrillers....

Wake Up Dead Man | Netflix grants Rian Johnson’s film a two-week theatrical release

by Maria Lattila | Sep 02, 2025 | News

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery will be getting a limited cinema release after all, before making its way to Netflix. Details below. ...

Netflix vs cinemas | Wake Up Dead Man theatrical run scaled back

by Simon Brew | Aug 12, 2025 | News

Knives Out 3, aka Wake Up Dead Man, isn't going to have much of a cinema after all it seems. Netflix has changed its mind....

The top 45 must-see movies of 2025

by Film Stories | Feb 11, 2025 | Feature, News

Looking ahead to 2025, here are the 45 films of all genres - from horror to comedy to drama and more - we reckon you really shouldn't miss....

Wake Up Dead Man | Rian Johnson shares set photo of a grey Daniel Craig as filming begins

by Ryan Lambie | Jun 10, 2024 | News

It's day one of filming on Rian Johnson's next Knives Out mystery, Wake Up Dead Man, and the filmmaker has shared a photo of Daniel Craig to prove it....

Wake Up Dead Man | Josh Brolin joins Knives Out sequel's gargantuan cast

by Ryan Lambie | Jun 04, 2024 | News

The Goonies star Josh Brolin is the latest high-profile addition to the cast of Wake Up Dead Man - Rian Johnson's upcoming Knives Out murder mystery....