KNIVES OUT -- dir. Rian Johnson; Daniel Craig, Michael Shannon, Jamie Lee Curtis, Chris Evans, etc. etc.

$40 million counts as "mid-budget" these days

oh shiiiit, Scanner Darkly you are probably right about that

xp yeah i know she had her own share of things that would be considered problematic now (like poirot often being portrayed as a victim of xenophobia - while saying many xenophobic things himself - but maybe that was the point she was trying to make..). still, considering the time and the genre her mocking of stereotypes is an integral part of her writing imo.

And why not

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/knives-out-sequels-the-whodunit-behind-netflixs-469-million-power-play

Sources say that Rian Johnson, Ram Bergman and Daniel Craig stand to walk away with upwards of $100 million each.

the REAL murder mystery was how they absolutely killed this fuckin deal bro

so that # didn't include production I guess? obscene

After expressing disgust with how arduous acting in James Bond movie is, but continuing to accept the part as they ramped up the pay scale, Craig has to be happy to get that money for walking around and doing a Foghorn Leghorn impersonation

What does someone even do with that kind of money

watch impotently as the help inherits it iirc

walking around and doing a Foghorn Leghorn impersonation

― mh

As I reported upthread from Rian Johnson's in-theater commentary track, it's a Shelby Foote impersonation

just watched this, enjoyed it a great deal, cannot imagine how a sequel could possibly work, so basically have nothing new to add to this thread, sorry.

do you want to know how though

KNIVES OUT -- dir. Rian Johnson; Daniel Craig, Michael Shannon, Jamie Lee Curtis, Chris Evans, etc. etc.

KNIVES OUT -- dir. Rian Johnson; Daniel Craig, Michael Shannon, Jamie Lee Curtis, Chris Evans, etc. etc.

feels appropriate that a self-contained movie extolled as an example of the commercial viability of non-franchise original screenplays at the time it came out is immediately given a billion dollars to make a trilogy

I want to see two more Benoit Blanc mysteries.

especially if they involve snooty rich people getting a well-written beatdown

how will they ever followup a murder mystery, can't be done

Next one will be a jaywalking mystery

STRIPES OUT

Yeah, I mean, turning Blanc into a Hercule Poirot guy who just shows up to signal "this is another twisty-turny mystery" isn't the worst thing in the world. If they try to make some Knives Out universe where you have to remember characters between each film then barf.

Benoit Blanc gritty origin story

Casino Knives

future thread state where it’s just sic recursively linking to his own posts in the thread

Quote tweeting for ilx

Twitter account where I only quote tweet my prior tweets about Danyo Craigo

why would i repeat or restate my thoughts when i can just link to them #thoughts

every film as a homage to different era murder mysteries
“WHO’S DOING THIS TO YOU, BOND!”

Andy Dick recast as Blanco

future thread state where it’s just sic recursively linking to his own posts in the thread

― mh, Wednesday, April 14, 2021 1:19 PM (one hour ago)

STRIPES OUT

― scanner darkly, Wednesday, April 14, 2021 12:00 PM (two hours ago)

KNIVES OUT -- dir. Rian Johnson; Daniel Craig, Michael Shannon, Jamie Lee Curtis, Chris Evans, etc. etc.

I appreciate how this series somehow is becoming 'what if Bond people but doing other things' -- which Ana de Armas did in reverse, admittedly.

https://deadline.com/2021/05/dave-bautista-daniel-craig-rian-johnsons-knives-out-2-netflix-1234752608/

Production is set to start this summer in Greece.

If this means pure and total Evil Under the Sun vibes, blue Mediterranean backdrops and the like, man am I all for it.

what is Benoit Blanc's bathing costume

Better have that great Cole Porter arrangement to go with it.

Netflix is know stranger to getting in big business with Bautista

come on

Rosamund Pike, Anya Taylor-Joy and Taika Waititi have been cast in ‘KNIVES OUT 2’.

(Source: Deadline) pic.twitter.com/NSQa6z4gNf

— DiscussingFilm (@biglttlefleabag) May 11, 2021

Excellent casting, particularly Waititi.

Apparently Edward Norton too

https://deadline.com/2021/05/knives-out-2-edward-norton-daniel-craig-rian-johnson-1234752619/

That DiscussingFilm claim may be jumping the gun, I don't see Deadline's twitter or site claiming that.

Though if Pike IS on board that furthers my Bond-alternate-universe claims.

That is not DiscussingFilm's @, and the person who posted it notes that it is a joke that they changed their display name for.

Ha, yeah, even the embedded tweet is missing a display name now. Damn.

WHY ARE PEOPLE STILL BELIEVING THIS STOP 😭

— ً (@biglttlefleabag) May 11, 2021

Roffle. Well, there ya go. It IS good fantasy casting though.

Love that they are whining about people believing it instead of, oh, I don't know, deleting the tweets?

well they listened to you on that one

tfw you tell a lie online

TWEETS OUT

Aw yeah

Janelle Monae Joins Daniel Craig in ‘Knives Out’ Sequel (Exclusive) https://t.co/rX5RoxRwxH

— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) May 12, 2021

nice!!