Global
streaming
platform
Netflix
has
bought
the
rights
to
the
sequels
of
director
Rian
Johnson's
critically
acclaimed
film
Knives
Out.
According
to
Deadline,
the
deal
is
worth
a
whopping
$450
million
which
will
also
star
Daniel
Craig
as
detective
Benoit
Blanc.
The
sequels
with
Netflix
are
set
to
be
written
and
directed
by
Rian
Johnson,
who
also
wrote
the
first
film.
Rian
will
be
teaming
up
with
producing
partner
Ram
Bergman
for
the
sequels.
The
first
film
which
cost
$40
million
and
was
distributed
by
Lionsgate,
won
several
awards
and
earned
a
global
gross
of
over
$311
million.
Apart
from
Netflix,
Apple
and
Amazon
were
the
others
studios
aiming
for
the
rights
for
the
sequels.
Reportedly,
the
deal
worth
over
$400
million
is
now
one
of
the
biggest
streamer
movie
deals
in
history.
According
to
Variety.com,
the
sequels'
filming
is
already
underway
and
set
to
start
on
June
28.
While
the
first
film
took
place
in
Thrombeys'
New
England
ancestral
family
home,
this
time,
Craig
will
be
seen
in
Greece.
Back
in
2020,
Johnson
had
opened
up
about
their
plans
for
the
sequel
and
said
the
film
will
see
a
new
cast
and
a
new
story.
He
had
told
Hollywood
Reporter,
"Think
of
it
just
like
another
Hercule
Poirot
novel
from
Agatha
Christie,
so
a
whole
new
location,
whole
new
cast."
For
the
unversed,
Knives
Out
(2019)
is
a
whodunnit
featuring
Chris
Evans,
Ana
de
Armas,
Jamie
Lee
Curtis,
Michael
Shannon,
Don
Johnson,
Toni
Collette,
Lakeith
Stanfield,
Katherine
Langford,
Jaeden
Martell,
and
Christopher
Plummer.
The
film
follows
a
family
gathering
gone
horribly
wrong,
after
the
family
patriarch's
death
leads
master
detective
Benoit
Blanc
(Craig)
to
investigate.