Netflix acquires ‘Knives Out’ sequels for a whopping USD 450 million

By PTI
LOS ANGELES: Streaming platform Netflix has purchased the rights to the sequels of director Rian Johnson’s “Knives Out” for a whopping USD 450 million, with Daniel Craig set to return within the two follow-ups of the homicide thriller franchise.

Touted as one of many largest offers ever made for the rights to a film collection by a streamer, the deal provides Netflix a brand new and standard movie collection led by the outgoing James Bond star.

“Knives Out” follows a household gathering gone horribly awry, after the household patriarch’s dying leads grasp detective Benoit Blanc (Craig) to analyze.

The 2019 whodunnit additionally options Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, Lakeith Stanfield, Katherine Langford, Jaeden Martell, and Christopher Plummer.

The movie was produced by Media Rights Capital (MRC) and was distributed by Lionsgate.

It earned USD 311.4 million on a USD 40 million finances, with Johnson garnering a nomination for an Oscar for greatest unique screenplay.

According to Variety, it’s unclear if MRC will even return to again the sequels.

Craig, who’s ready for his fifth and remaining outing as the enduring spy James Bond in “No Time to Die” to hit theatres later this 12 months after a number of manufacturing and COVID-19 associated delays, will get to be a part of one other money-spinning movie collection in “Knives Out”.

Johnson, whose earlier directing credit embody “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” and “Looper”, stated in a 2019 interview that he needs to comply with the template made well-known by iconic detective creator Agatha Christie if he decides to make one other movie within the whodunnit style.

“I had so much fun with this, and I had so much fun with Daniel, if I can make another mystery with the same character, and do what Agatha Christie did and do a new cast and a new setting and make a few of these,” the director had stated.

It is unclear if the movies will even have a restricted theatrical launch moreover streaming on Netflix.