Babe, wake up. A new Knives Out mystery is afoot! The next installment, Wake Up Dead Man, continues the tradition of naming the films after rock songs. The movie will reportedly begin production in June and will be Detective Blanc’s “most dangerous case yet.†It’s not set to come out until 2025, when it will ultimately premiere on Netflix. Will Matt Berry finally link up with director Rian Johnson, bringing the danger to a group of presumably wealthy, rich people? Not quite, but we do know most of the people who will be joining Blanc for his latest case, though the setting remains a mystery. Below, find all the suspects (as of now …) in Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, and what privileged parts we think they’ll play, including the latest casting.
Josh O’Connor
Challengers star Josh O’Connor will definitely play someone dirty, and hopefully also British. We’re choosing to remember how great he was in The Crown and hope he plays a really minor member of the royal family who is snarky about Meghan Markle and then gets humiliated. Film Updates snagged a pic of him dressed as a (hot) priest. Or possible a British curate, (who is a minor member of the royal family who yadda yadda yadda.)
Cailee Spaeny
Fresh off ingénue roles in Civil War and Priscilla, we think Spaeny is the most likely choice for the sane girl who Benoit Blanc works with while everybody else is insane.
Andrew Scott
Rooting for Scott, who typically turns in remarkably grounded performances, to go full insane and give a Lord Byron–esque take on British aristocracy. Maybe he brings a bear to a party.
Kerry Washington
If Scandal showed anything, it’s that Washington is at her fullest powers when giving intimidatingly fearsome speeches that may be morally dubious. Let her do that this time as the owner of a Lockheed Martin–esque weapons manufacturer.
Glenn Close
Glenn Close was iconically good at being sexual and depraved (Dangerous Liaisons, Fatal Attraction) in the ’80s, but now nobody does erotic thrillers anymore. We think Rian Johnson needs to bring that back and let Close be a wealthy, murderous cougar.
Jeremy Renner
Maybe Renner could break type and play someone who creates an app based entirely around himself.
Mila Kunis
Kunis’s Russian is entirely underused, so a Russian heiress is really the way to go for her. Yes, she’s technically Ukrainian, but “Russian heiress†is a lot more fun to skewer at this moment in time.
Daryl McCormack
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande is young and hot, which means one thing: He should play Glenn Close’s houseboy.
Josh Brolin
Brolin is a gritty guy (Dune, No Country for Old Men, and duh True Grit). However, we must not forget that he played two Marvel characters: Thanos and Cable. He should play a third superhuman character, or an actor who’s really into playing a supervillain.
This post has been updated throughout.