Knives Out 2 might be hitting the big screen with a 45-day theatrical window
It's no mystery that Rian Johnson's sequel is one of the most-anticipated movies of the year
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Considering that Knives Out immediately became a crowd-pleasing theatergoing experience, it initially came as a surprise that its sequels were picked up by Netflix. However, a new report by Bloomberg suggests that director Rian Johnson’s first followup to the 2019 whodunnit could receive a 45-day theatrical window.
Netflix projects being released in cinemas is nothing new, and the streaming giant even runs the Paris Theater in New York City. However, the amount of time before movies are made available online has historically been much shorter.
In 2021, titles such as Passing, The Harder They Fall, The Hand Of God, and Don’t Look Up were theatrical exclusives for roughly two weeks before hitting the platform. Bloomberg named Alejandro Iñárritu’s Bardo as a possible other test subject for a longer theater run.
With many potential viewers still cautious about returning to indoor activities, the 45-day window has become increasingly common in the pandemic era, even for major studio features that would normally stay only in theaters for much longer. For example, after Warner Bros. shifted its 2021 film slate to day-and-date premieres on HBO Max, The Batman arrived on streaming 45 days after its theatrical debut this March.
Knives Out 2 will follow Daniel Craig’s private investigator Benoit Blanc as he moves on to a different mystery. Cozy sweaters will be swapped for linen as the setting moves from New England to Greece. Co-stars include Ethan Hawke, Kathryn Hahn, Edward Norton, Dave Bautista, Kate Hudson, Jessica Henwick, Janelle Monáe, and Leslie Odom, Jr.
Johnson is currently at work on his new Peacock series Poker Face, a detective procedural starring Natasha Lyonne, longtime collaborator Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Everything Everywhere All At Once’s Stephanie Hsu, who’s swapping bagels for donuts.
Knives Out 2 doesn’t have a confirmed release date yet for theaters or streaming, but if you need to see more of Daniel Craig doing an astonishingly heavy Southern accent, there’s always Logan Lucky.
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Will that affect the one-day home viewing window with a shaky picture and ads for online betting sites?Also, love that this “news” made it out of a page 14 blurb in Variety.
Netflix needs that theater presentation cash, now that subscriber numbers are going in the tank.
Let’s do it. Also, if we could find a better name than Knives Out 2, that would be great.
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The third one will be Knives of Pi.It will be .14159 longer than Knives Out 2.
It’s actually pretty amazing that James Bond still refuses to simply go to the number system after all these years, because you absolutely know there’s someone in marketing talking up that possibility.A couple of years ago I was researching what was the very first “lazy sequel titled movie” and it appears that, as far as Big Hollywood productions go, Godfather 2 seemed to be the first one.
Calling it Rambo 3 was a fucking LIE.
very first “lazy sequel titled movie” I think you’re right that it was Godfather 2. My favorite sequel-related bit is from Taxi, when Tony is telling Alex that “Rocky 3 is the best Rocky movie since Rocky 1.” “How do you tell them apart?” “Easy, they’re numbered!”
Wasn’t it The Godfather Part II??
I’ve long been saying that every one should be named after the murder weapon the killer used. For example Guns Out, Lead Pipes out, ect.
Knives Out is a title that seems so specific to its movie, I’m guessing Johnson would prefer to call its sequel something entirely different.But based on previous film franchises, I suspect Netflix execs are pushing him to call it Knives Out: Something Something, or The Knives Out Saga: Another Thing, or Knives Out Part 2: Some Other Damn Thing.
Why? Knives Out 2 tells you exactly what you need to know about what this is going to be. People spend way too much time overthinking titles nowadays
Knives Out 2: Cruise Control
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Knives out Too: Grecian Boogaloo. Feels nice winning the interwebs today.
Knives Owt. (Get it? It’s Two backwards. Get it?)
Knives Out 2: The Legend Of Curly’s Gold
Knives Out 2 is also going to open with a 45 minute musical number. Hit it!
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Looking forward to this but only commenting to echo that yes, Logan Lucky, more people need to appreciate that movie.
if only for the prison riot about George R. R. Martin
Logan Lucky is a gem. Its not to be missed.
I finally saw it in like 2020 and it was unmemorable
Logan Lucky is far and away the best movie filmed in my neighborhood.
My hot take: structurally, Logan Lucky and Inception are two heist movies following the same rough pattern, and of the two, Logan Lucky is the better movie.
Bunk, the whole point of Netflix is day and date. Now watch they put it in theatres like freakin December 25 and 45 day exclusive just to be goddamn assholes. That’s why Knives Out for Netflix was a win because I can watch it ASAP not 45 days. That wasn’t part of the deal, Blackheart! THAT WASN’T PART!
I thought theaters were dYiNg.
Sucks that they will do this for Knives Out 2 but wouldn’t for Scorsese.
I managed to snag a showtime for The Irishman in the brief window it was playing near me.Worth every penny. And so far that’s the ONLY time I’ve been able to say that about a Netflix film (Roma never came near me, which was annoying)
the funniest outcome possible for this is netflix trying to generate more money by releasing movies theatrically and that being their new revenue stream.
also your ticket should be free if you’re a netflix subsriber! we paid for it!
After the whole MoviePass debacle…that’s not outside the realm of possibility for something they’d think was a good idea.
Now that’s irony.
Why? The first one wasn’t even that good.
We don’t know he’ll have a southern accent this time. I’m betting on Australian!
I was hoping that Daniel Craig would do a completely different accent and no one would say anything about it.
Watched Knives Out with a friend, who at first whispered – “why, with all the real southern-accented people in the world, they would hire Daniel Craig?” About 15 minutes later she said “oh. Because he’s really goddamn funny.”