“That was a really special shoot”

Rian Johnson celebrates the end of filming for Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Storythe third part of the crime series.

In a new social media post, Johnson announced that filming for the movie, starring Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc, has been completed.

“Aaaand that’s it for Wake Up Dead Man. It went so fast! Best crew, incredible cast, this was a truly special shoot and I can’t wait to finish it all,” Johnson shared in a post on X, the microblogging platform formerly known as Twitter.

Johnson also shared a photo of a sign that read, “Please respect graves.”

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Crime Mystery is scheduled to hit theaters sometime in 2025. Craig will reprise his role as Benoit Blanc. The cast of the third installment includes Josh Brolin, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack and Andrew Scott. Other actors appearing in the sequel include Jeremy Renner, Mila Kunis, Kerry Washington, Glenn Close and Thomas Haden Church.

Filming on the movie began in June and Johnson took to social media to celebrate the milestone.

“Aaaand here we go! Today is the first day of shooting for the next Benoit Blanc crime thriller Wake up, dead man – see you on the other side,” Johnson said in a post on X published on June 10.

The first Knife out with Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Christopher Plummer, Michael Shannon, Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, LaKeith Stanfield, Riki Lindhome, Katherine Langford and Jaeden Martell.

Glass of onionthe sequel to the 2019 film, starred Janelle Monae, Kathryn Hahn, Edward Norton, Dave Bautista, Kate Hudson, Leslie Odom Jr., Madelyn Cline and Jessica Henwick, with cameo appearances by Ethan Hawke, Jackie Hoffman, Hugh Grant, Stephen Sondheim, Natasha Lyonne, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Angela Lansbury, Yo-Yo Ma, Serena Williams and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who imitated the gong sound on Norton’s island.