Jeremy Renner Joins Daniel Craig In ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’

Ayush May 30, 2024

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EXCLUSIVE: With the third season of Mayor of Kingstown bowing this Sunday, Jeremy Renner has found his next major movie project as the Oscar-nominated actor is set to join to join Daniel Craig in Netflix’s Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.

He joins new cast members Kerry Washington, Josh O’Connor, Cailee Spaeny, Glenn Close and Andrew Scott, with Craig set to return as world-renowned detective Benoit Blanc and Rian Johnson back as director. Johnson also penned the script and will produce though his T-Street along with producing partner Ram Bergman.

Plot details are unknown. The most recent pic, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, bowed in 2022, with Craig returning as the Blanc. The film premiered on Netflix after the streamer made a record-setting $450 million deal for the two sequels, with this being the third in the series.

The Knives Out series is no stranger to delivering ensembles packed with star power, and this installment is no different. Production is set to start next month, with Netflix planning to release sometime in 2025.

As for Renner, the project marks his first feature film project he signed on to after his incredible recovery from a near-fatal snowplow accident in early 2023. After a number of surgeries and countless hours of rehab and physical therapy, he would return to reprise his starring role on the hit Paramount+ series, Mayor of Kingstown, which is set to have its Season 3 premiere this weekend.

He is repped by CAA.