Rian Johnson has spent the final six years within the head of detective Benoit Blanc with Knives Out, Glass Onion, and Wake Up Lifeless Man, however his subsequent film goes to be one thing very totally different.
Johnson lately confirmed that he can be taking a break from the Knives Out franchise. “I’m writing proper now, [but] it’s not considered one of these [Knives Out] movies,” he stated. “It’s simply one thing utterly totally different, an unique factor. I truly really feel very energized after making this one [Wake Up Dead Man], however that is three in a row. It’s in all probability wholesome to see different individuals.” He did spill a number of extra particulars whereas talking with Empire.
“Essentially the most thrilling factor proper now could be this concept I’ve in my head for the following factor I’m gonna make, and I feel in the end, that’s all you are able to do, is simply sort of comply with your nostril,” Johnson stated. “If I needed to outline it genre-wise, I’d say it harkens again to the ’70s paranoid thrillers. It’s acquired a lightweight sci-fi aspect to it.” I’m intrigued.
Johnson has dabbled in sci-fi earlier than, most notably with Looper and Star Wars: The Final Jedi. Talking of Star Wars, Johnson nonetheless hasn’t given up hope of returning to that franchise. “That cog might be turning the remainder of my life. I like Star Wars,” he stated. “And if some day it is smart to come back again to it, for each of us, it will be essentially the most fantastic factor on this planet.” Simply earlier than the discharge of Star Wars: The Final Jedi, it was introduced that Johnson would write and direct a new trilogy, which might be separate from the Skywalker Saga. The years handed, and nothing appeared to occur. Johnson lately admitted that “nothing actually occurred” with the trilogy, and it was solely ever within the “conceptual” stage.
As for Wake Up Lifeless Man, the Knives Out sequel will debut on Netflix on December 12. In his evaluate of the movie, our personal Chris Bumbray stated it’s “one other wildly entertaining entry in Johnson’s Benoit Blanc thriller collection, and [Josh] O’Connor is likely to be essentially the most compelling central character we’ve adopted up to now. It’ll little doubt please followers of the collection and would definitely profit from a strong theatrical run, as these are the sorts of movies which might be particularly enjoyable to look at with an viewers.“
