While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to keep many folks in their homes, there's been no shortage of movies and TV shows to keep us entertained, and if you haven't had the chance to check out Rian Johnson's star-studded murder-mystery KNIVES OUT, then Amazon Prime Video will be giving you the opportunity next month. The streaming service announced today that KNIVES OUT will begin streaming exclusively on Amazon Prime Video on June 12, 2020, so mark your calendar if you're already signed up for the service.
KNIVES OUT was quite the success upon its release last year, and Lionsgate quickly got the ball rolling on a sequel which would find Detective Beniot Blanc (Daniel Craig) tackling another mystery. "The same way Agatha Christie wrote a bunch of Poirot novels," Rian Johnson said, "we can do that with Blanc and keep making new mysteries, you know, whole new cast, whole new location, whole new mystery, it's just another Beniot Blanc mystery. There's so many different things you could do with it." However, it'd be wise not to expect more of the same, as Johnson has stated that the follow-up could jump to another sub-genre altogether, just like Agatha Christie's novels.
You look at Agatha Christie's books for example, it's not like every single one is a mansion, and a family, and a library, and a detective. Besides settings, she also explored a bunch of different sub-genres, And Then They Were None is essentially a slasher film, it's basically a horror movie; The ABC Murders is kind of like a proto-serial killer movie in a way. She found a very different narrative way into each of them.
The official synopsis for KNIVES OUT:
Acclaimed writer and director Rian Johnson (Brick, Looper, The Last Jedi) pays tribute to mystery mastermind Agatha Christie in KNIVES OUT, a fun, modern-day murder mystery where everyone is a suspect. When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan’s dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan’s untimely death. With an all-star ensemble cast including Chris Evans, Ana De Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Johnson, Michael Shannon, Toni Collette, LaKeith Stanfield, Katherine Langford and Jaeden Martell, KNIVES OUT is a witty and stylish whodunit guaranteed to keep audiences guessing until the very end.
KNIVES OUT is now available on Digital/DVD/Blu-ray/4K Ultra HD.
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