Knives Out

Knives Out 3 director Rian Johnson suggests a new franchise subtitle for his Daniel Craig-led whodunnit hits, and it's a perfect one.

[Knives Out in some form for the title](https://screenrant.com/glass-onion-knives-out-mystery-director-regrets-title/) of the recently released Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery in order to let audiences know it was the second installment in the whodunnit franchise. As audiences await updates on the third film, they can revisit Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery streaming on Netflix now. While it can be argued that Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery initially followed a similar formula of establishing multiple suspects with potential motives, very few of them were that of an attempt to claim the wealth of Edward Norton's tech billionaire, Miles Bron, but instead were generally more selfish of wanting to keep dangerous secrets being leaked and ruining their lives. Craig is expected to return for the next chapter in his Golden Globe-winning role, and while Johnson has jokingly debunked the possibility of other returning stars, When reflecting on Glass Onion's A Knives Out Mystery subtitle, the writer/director noted that though it wasn't done "against my will," he would like to change the overall franchise subtitle in order to move away from the original film's themes to better focus on the real continuing factor of the future films, Craig's Benoit Blanc. Scoring similar acclaim to its predecessor, all eyes are now on what's to come from the next installment, Knives Out 3, which may get a different titling than Johnson's 2022 hit.

Rian Johnson, Knives Out, Glass Onion, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Poker Face, Natasha Lyonne.

I know the power of falling in love with a character and wanting to come back every week.” The rest of the episode is a chess game between the killer and Natasha’s character.” “I know that’s not the case because I watched TV for the first half of my life and all the shows I watched growing up were episodic. “The genesis for this was me thinking about the kind of TV shows I grew up sitting on the carpet in front of my parents’ TV watching every day,” Johnson tells this masthead. “We show you the killer and the killing in the first act. “To me, it says something about Natasha,” Johnson says. “I watched it to hang out with Peter Falk every week. “Honestly, I wasn’t even thinking of it in those terms. You’re coming to hang out with your friends every week. The first of them, [Glass Onion](https://www.smh.com.au/culture/movies/does-glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery-live-up-to-the-hype-20221115-p5byh7.html), was a success for the streaming service over Christmas. “Thinking about Columbo and Magnum P.I. She always knows when someone is not telling the truth, which is great for winning at poker until she starts making enemies.

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery director Rian Johnson has suggested a new subtitle for the third movie of the franchise.After expressing his distaste for ...

and I will say, with this one, with the reach of Netflix and just how many more people I feel like have seen it and how much more it feels like it's actually in the culture, we're at least getting closer to being able to get away with 'A Benoit Blanc Mystery' and people would know what we're talking about." "As soon as we can get past those and get to 'A Benoit Blanc Mystery' ... So I absolutely 100% was on board and totally got it that we had to do that.

Kenneth Branagh's Poirot just isn't as goofy and weird as Daniel Craig's beloved Benoit Blanc.

He works on the train but doesn’t know the passengers in Murder On The Orient Express, and he’s friends with the victim in Death On The Nile, but his personal stake in the conflict is considerably less than many of the other characters. Branagh’s Poirot is undoubtedly the central figure of his stories but because of this and the lack of a co-lead in his partner, he comes off as something of a loner. Benoit Blanc takes the spirit of the eccentric detective that Poirot’s been championing for the last century and brings it into the modern age, keeping the spirit alive through fantastically crafted new mysteries that entice the viewer as much as they do the detective. Marta is undoubtedly the protagonist of Knives Out and Helen shares that title with Blanc in Glass Onion. And unlike Branagh’s Poirot at the end of Murder On The Orient Express, Blanc doesn’t struggle with the conflicting moralities of revenge and following the book. He suggests a wildly dangerous plan to bring a school teacher in as his partner, and it works. His fanciful mustache stays with Poirot throughout the story, but in both Murder On The Orient Express and Death On The Nile, the degree of whimsy Poirot carries diminishes as the story goes along and the case gets more convoluted. He wears a romper and ascot to the pool. They revel in their genre awareness and even the characters who aren’t Blanc have a sort of playful and cartoonish aspect to them that lends particularly well to the satirical edge that Rian Johnson imbues the films with. Murder On The Orient Express opens with Poirot neurotically comparing the sizes of eggs before swiftly cracking a random local case and cracking wise at the same time. And while Branagh is giving quite the eccentric performance in both, he’s outshone by the goofy charm of a character based on Poirot. Perhaps the most notable were David Suchet’s acclaimed 25-year run as the character on ITV’s Agatha Christie’s Poirot for which he was nominated for a BAFTA, and Peter Ustinov who played the French detective six different times and is considered by many to be the definitive iteration of the character.

But when the film was being marketed, in an effort to connect the two film, Netflix decided to tack on “A Knives Out Mystery” to the sequel. This really ...

I think that with how many people have watched and loved the first two movies, this is a great way to move forward. Because after the first movie, I think people knew that they liked 'Knives Out' [but] they didn't necessarily know it well enough to know who Benoit Blanc was. But when the film was being marketed, in an effort to connect the two film, Netflix decided to tack on “A Knives Out Mystery” to the sequel. The second film, Glass Onion, referred to the bar the group of friends frequented when they met, and Miles Bron’s island estate comes with a glass dome building that is named after it as well. The first film dealt with the knife collection in Harlan Thrombey’s home, and a knife served as the murder weapon in his death, so the title made sense. [Rian Johnson](https://geektyrant.com?tag=Rian%20Johnson) delivered fans another incredible murder mystery with the sequel [Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery](https://geektyrant.com?tag=Glass%20Onion%3A%20A%20Knives%20Out%20Mystery).

Director Rian Johnson poses for a portrait while promoting the movie Star Wars: The Last Jedi in Los Angeles, California, US on Dec 3, 2017. Reuters.

He said: "I start structurally. The Looper filmmaker said: "I've got a big cloud of ideas, but it hasn't all snapped into focus yet. I feel like any movie I'm making, I need to be making it because I can't imagine doing anything else.

The standalone sequel featured big names like Edward Norton, Janelle Monae, Kate Hudson, Kathryn Hahn, Madelyn Cline and Dave Bautista, with Daniel Craig ...

I start working in notebooks. I’m jumping into the next Benoit Blanc next because I can’t think about another story.” “I start structurally. I feel like any movie I’m making, I need to be making it because I can’t imagine doing anything else. “It’s exciting, though, and it’s very, very different from this one. “I’ve got a big cloud of ideas, but it hasn’t all snapped into focus yet,” said Johnson.