Netflix’s Knives Out 3 has a new title – and fans are already playing detective over what it means

Netflix has unveiled the official title for Knives Out 3 – and fans are already evoking their inner sleuth to try and work out what it means.

Shadow dropped by the world’s best streaming service today (May 24), the forthcoming Netflix movie’s new title is Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. The whodunit’s new name was also revealed by way of a X/Twitter post by Rian Johnson, who directed the first two films in the Knives Out franchise. The tweet also confirmed that Wake Up Dead Man will arrive on Netflix sometime in 2025.

The video opens with a voice over from eccentric detective Benoit Blanc, who was portrayed by Daniel Craig in the first two Knives Out films. In it – and in typically dramatic fashion – he says: “In the beginning, the knives came out. Then, behold! The glass was shattered… but, my most dangerous case yet is about to be revealed” before the animated footage confirms the film’s official title and that it’ll be one of 2025’s new Netflix movies.

No other details were made public about Wake Up Dead Man, save for the confirmation – as if any was needed – that Craig will return for his third outing as Blanc in the film’s lead role. The only extra clue provided by Netflix about Knives Out 3 was that Blanc would be back for “his most dangerous case yet”. Even with that ominous tease, we can expect more of the same comedy-laced murder mystery plot threads and subversive storytelling from Johnson, Craig, and company.

Johnson is also back as Wake Up Dead Man’s writer, director, and one of its likely many producers. Joining Johnson on the executive producing front is frequent collaborator Ram Bergman, who has worked alongside Johnson since the latter’s feature directorial debut in 2005’s Brick.

Elaborating further on X/Twitter, Johnson revealed that principal photography was set to begin on Knives Out 3. Considering its predecessor was shot in just 78 days – between late June and mid-September 2021 – it’s possible that Wake Up Dead Man might be filmed at a similarly rapid pace. If it is, we could even see Knives Out 3 make its way onto Netflix by mid-2025.