Thomas Haden Church Joins Daniel Craig in ‘Knives Out 3’| Exclusive

Thomas Haden Church is the latest actor to join the cast of “Wake Up Dead Man,” the third installment of Rian Johnson’s “Knives Out” franchise starring Daniel Craig as private investigator Benoit Blanc, The Wrap has exclusively learned.

Thomas Haden Church is the eighth new actor added to the ensemble of the 2025 Netflix film, joining Josh O’Connor, Cailee Spaeny, Andrew Scott, Kerry Washington, Glenn Close, Jeremy Renner and Josh Brolin. Production is set to begin in the U.K. in June.

Plot details for “Knives Out 3” are being kept under wraps, but in his tweet announcing the film’s title, Johnson suggested that “Wake Up Dead Man” would have a different tone than “Knives Out,” which made $310 million at the box office when it was released in 2019 by Lionsgate, and its Netflix-produced 2022 sequel, “Glass Onion.”