Episode 2065
Knives Out
Wed, 2022-Dec-28 01:40 UTC
Length - 3:06
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With 226,628 views on Tuesday, 27 December 2022 our article of the day is Knives Out.
Knives Out is a 2019 American mystery film written, directed, and co-produced by Rian Johnson. It follows a master detective, Benoit Blanc, investigating the death of the patriarch of a wealthy, dysfunctional family. The film stars an ensemble cast that includes Daniel Craig as Blanc, alongside Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, LaKeith Stanfield, Katherine Langford, Jaeden Martell, and Christopher Plummer.
Johnson conceived Knives Out in 2005 and decided to make the film after completing Looper in 2012. However, due to his involvement in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, he did not write the screenplay until 2017. The project was officially announced in 2018, and sold to distributors during the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. Filming ran from October to December 2018.
Knives Out premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2019 and was theatrically released in the United States on November 27 by Lionsgate Films. It received widespread critical acclaim, particularly for its screenplay, direction and acting, and grossed $312.9 million worldwide on a $40 million budget. It was named one of the top ten films of 2019 by the National Board of Review and the American Film Institute. It received three nominations at the 77th Golden Globe Awards, including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, while also receiving Best Original Screenplay nominations at the 73rd British Academy Film Awards and 92nd Academy Awards.
In March 2021, Netflix paid $469 million for the rights to two standalone sequels written and directed by Johnson, with Craig reprising his role. The first sequel, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, was released in theaters and on Netflix on December 23, 2022.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:40 UTC on Wednesday, 28 December 2022.
For the full current version of the article, see Knives Out on Wikipedia.
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