Tag: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
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Rian Johnson Shuts Down Talk of Benoit Blanc Origin Stories Until ‘After I’m Dead and Gone’
Rian Johnson avoided a franchise sophomore slump with “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” proving that the formula of Daniel Craig solving mysteries as Benoit Blanc has legs that extend far beyond the original film. Johnson and Craig have already signed on for a third film as part of the two-picture deal that brought “Glass…
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‘Violent Night’ Boosts Weak Box Office with Unholy Horror
Early December box office is worse than usual and next weekend will be rock bottom with no new wide studio openings. After that, “Avatar: The Way of Water” (Disney) comes to the rescue.Thanksgiving holdovers and expansions drive this period and this year was a recipe for weak results with a disastrous Disney animated release (“Strange…
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‘Glass Onion’: Why Netflix’s One-Week Theatrical Release Was Smarter Than It Looked
“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” ended its one-week run last night. Netflix, as always, did not disclose grosses but it will finish its 696-theater engagement in fine form. Competitor estimates suggest it will end up with about 15 million in domestic gross — good enough for #2 behind “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and ahead…
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Glass Onion: Daniel Craig & Rian Johnson Call Steven Spielberg a Modern Master
In 2019, writer and director Rian Johnson wowed audiences with his star-studded whodunnit, Knives Out, starring Daniel Craig as the southern aristocratic Detective Benoit Blanc, earning the filmmaker his first Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay. Now, the duo return in an all-new modern mystery, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, that features an entirely…
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‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ Trailer: Rian Johnson Returns With A New Benoit Blanc Whodunnit
The murder mystery is a subgenre that has experienced a significant renaissance in the last few years. And much of that is due to writer/director Rian Johnson who seemingly singlehandedly revitalized the genre with his commercial and critical smash hit “Knives Out” in 2019. The whodunnit allows filmmakers to gather a large cast with exuberant…
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‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ Trailer: The Bodies Pile Up in Benoit Blanc’s New Whodunnit
The knives — and detective Benoit Blanc — are ready to come out this Thanksgiving. The full-length trailer for “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” has been released by Netflix.The film is a followup to Rian Johnson’s 2019 box office hit “Knives Out,” a whodunnit murder mystery throwback starring Daniel Craig as Blanc, a brilliant…
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Trailer Peels Back Another Layer
Netflix is slowly peeling back the layers on Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. The streamer released the new, full trailer for the highly anticipated, Benoit Blanc-led film that’s billed as the deepest look yet into this puzzle box of a sequel from Rian Johnson. The launch of the full teaser comes as the film…
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Rian Johnson Receives ‘Visionary’ Director at Hamilton Behind the Camera Awards
It’s rare for sequels to make a big splash on the awards circuit; only two have ever won best picture – “The Godfather II” and “Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.” But director Rian Johnson’s star-studded feature “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” is also proving to be an exception, with the 48-year-old…
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Peeling Back ‘Glass Onion’: Netflix’s ‘Knives Out’ Theater Plan Sparks Box Office Controversy
Click here to read the full article.Thanksgiving is more than a month away, yet Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is already feasting. As of press time, a seat map of an auditorium at AMC Century City 15 in Los Angeles — one of the busiest cinemas in the country — indicates a…