Knives Out director Rian Johnson and his detective star Daniel Craig were looking to shake things up a bit when they sat down to plot the Netflix franchise’s next entry after filming their ‘big and broad’ 2022 comedy sequel Glass Onion.

Daniel Craig somberly saying “Scooby-dooby-doo” in his Benoit Blanc voice is not something I ever knew I needed in my life. But after hearing him do just that in Wake Up Dead Man —the third Knives Out movie, which began streaming on Netflix today—I now know I could never live without it.

It's hard to imagine anyone other than Daniel Craig playing private detective Benoit Blanc in the Knives Out films, but the actor almost lost out on the iconic role due to his commitments on the James Bond franchise.

Director Rian Johnson brings Benoit Blanc to Netflix with the third installment in the "Knives Out" series with "Wake Up Dead Man."

Daniel Craig and Rian Johnson’s latest Knives Out installment, Wake Up Dead Man, is an instant streaming juggernaut on Netflix.

The greatest mystery in Rian Johnson’s “Knives Out” movies might be Benoit Blanc. Over the course of three films, Johnson and Daniel Craig have stingily dropped clues to Blanc’s past and personal life.

Benoit Blanc, the detective with the ‘Kentucky-fried Foghorn Leghorn drawl’ played by Daniel Craig, is the beating heart of the film series.

Daniel Craig opens up about his latest movie, where he resumes his role as charismatic if eccentric detective Benoit Blanc in the hit whodunnit franchise Knives Out

Hello, I'm Daniel Craig. And I'm Rian Johnson [laughs]. I'm sorry. Hello, I'm Daniel Craig.