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- Chris Evans swears in multiple different languages in a fun new Knives Out supercut video. Following on the massive box office success of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, writer-director Rian Johnson changed things up by tackling the suddenly-revived murder-mystery genre and came up with a second straight hit (that also managed to hit with critics).
- Knives Out had its world premiere 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. The film received critical acclaim, particularly for its screenplay, direction, and acting, and grossed $311.4 million worldwide against a $40 million budget.
Late 2019 Johnson's murder-mystery revival Knives Out was released to critical acclaim, spelling certain future success for the controversial director. Here are five reasons why The Last Jedi is Rian Johnson's best film and five reasons why Knives Out is his best. Beware, spoilers for both films ahead!
Lionsgate Studios held their annual 3rd quarter earning report, and CEO Jon Feltheimer officially announced the studio has green lit Knives Out 2, a sequel to Rian Johnson’s smash hit, Knives Out. Johnson said he hopes a series like this would follow the exploits of KFCNCIS detective Benoit Blanc and his sleuthing adventures.
Knives Out earned a hefty sum of $294 million world wide. The total split evenly between domestic and overseas totals. While his previous film, the Last Jedi made $1.3 billion internationally, but it proved a divisive movie that split the Star Wars fan base.
Knives Out 2 Remains Unwritten
As of this announcement Rian Johnson says the script remains unwritten. While the script writing was sharp enough to earn Rian his first Oscar nomination for best script, it was the stellar cast that made Knives Out so great. Daniel Craig finishes up his stint as James Bond with the forthcoming No Time To Die, so his schedule should line up with what Johnson likes to do.
“I had such a good time making it, such a great time working with Daniel, and now just seeing that audiences are responding to it, the idea of continuing it on seems like it would just be a blast,” the director told Deadline on Oscar nomination day. “But there’s a lot that has to happen before that can happen, first and foremost being writing a script. So, we’ll see.”
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What About the Galaxy Far Far Away?
Now, Knives Out 2 is great, The one question this begs is what about his Star Wars future? Kennedy said Rian would create and helm his own trilogy. Rian stated he still works on it, yet word remains non existent. Neither Johnson nor Disney has given a release date for films. Granted right now Disney seems happy to ignore the movie universe all together. They have stated they are focusing on Disney+ given their recent smash The Mandalorian.
Time may be needed to let hot heads in the fandom cool off. Never has it been suggested Rian would lead off the next Star Wars movies. The lack of work isn’t too surprising at this point. Given the current slate and the altering of releases with Avatar, Rian’s Star Wars saga could be 8-10 years off IF it happens.
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Until then, a Knives Out sequel will be a welcome sequel to tide us over.