Rian Johnson's latest feature, KNIVES OUT, has been met with several rave reviews since its TIFF premiere last weekend. In fact, our own Chris Bumbray gave the film a glowing review, saying that the movie is a blast from beginning to end. While the movie isn't due for its wide release until November 27, it's been full steam ahead for the KNIVES OUT hype train has been opearting at full-speed for the past few weeks. As such, Johnson took to his personal Twitter account earlier this afternoon to post 11 new posters and character descriptions for the upcoming murder mystery's extensive cast. Each print is positively dripping with style, and any one of them would make for a fine addition to your nerd cave or in-home study.
Let's meet the players of KNIVES OUT, shall we?
Benoit Blanc, a gentleman sleuth of great renown. Summoned to this nest of iniquity by mysterious means, it falls to the great detective to solve the case… before the murderer strikes again…
Ransom Thrombey, Richard & Linda’s son. Born with a honeyed but forked tongue and a silver spoon in his mouth. A knife would complete the set…
Richard Thrombey, Linda’s husband. When his indiscretions catch up with him, who knows how far he’ll go to conceal the truth…
Linda Thrombey, Harlan’s eldest daughter. She has a head for business… does she have a heart for homicide?
Meg Thrombey, Joni’s daughter. Well studied at the best liberal arts colleges in New England… but could her syllabus have included cutlery skills?
Joni Thrombey, Harlan’s daughter in law. She’s made a killing with her lifestyle brand Flam®ï¸… but if she was desperate enough, would she stop there?
Jacob Thrombey, Walt’s son. He spends every moment of the day on his phone… could he have trolled his way into murder?
Walt Thrombey, Harlan’s youngest son. Walt runs the family publishing company, but his ambitions reach much farther. Would he… kill for them?
Marta Cabrera, Harlan’s devoted caregiver. She was closest to Harlan, and has some secrets of her own to keep… secrets worth killing for?
Detective Elliott. The cool headed local police detective. He’s ready to rule Harlan’s death a suicide… but then the clues and motives start to surface, and suddenly he’s not so certain…
Harlan Thrombey. The world’s most successful mystery writer and the patriarch of this whole insidious clan. When he turns up dead under mysterious circumstances, the game is afoot…
Murder mystery fans rejoice! KNIVES OUT looks and sounds as if it's going to be one helluva good time! Directed by Rian Johnson, this upcoming murder most foul stars Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Collette, Don Johnson, Michael Shannon, Lakeith Stanfield, Katherine Langford, Jaeden Martell, and Christopher Plummer.
KNIVES OUT will take a stab at getting asses into theater seats beginning on November 27th.