Before the premiere screening of Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery at the Toronto International Film Festival, director Rian Johnson warned that it wasn't going to be exactly like the previous two installments of the franchise.

"We're going back to church," he said.

The new film from Johnson is a bit of a swerve from 2019's Knives Out and 2022's Glass Onion . Whereas Knives Out was cozy and Glass Onion had a glamorous, eat-the-rich vacation sheen, Wake Up Dead Man is a retreat into the gothic. It's still quite funny, but more malevolent in spirit with serious musings about the meaning of faith. It also lets Daniel Craig's beloved southern sleuth Benoit Blanc take a back seat. Here's what to expect from the film, which will get a theatrical release in November

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