Knives Out 2 is Being Planned Last updated on January 6 2020 by Cooper Smith

According to the Hollywood Reporter in an interview with director Rian Johnson, a sequel to 2019’s Knives Out is in the works. Knives Out had an all-star cast, with Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Christopher Plummer, and Chris Evans. It was a clever whodunnit involving a murdered grandfather and his shady family members.

The movie turned into a surprise smash hit, and so far it’s raked in $247 million worldwide. On Rotten Tomatoes it’s gotten a Critics’ rating of 97% and an audience score of 92%. Needless to say, everyone’s loving Knives Out. So it’s no shock to anyone that Lionsgate might want to be a franchise out of this.

Johnson is Working on the Sequel

Rian Johnson has said he’s started working on the sequel to Knives Out, (which most likely means writing the script). He also explained Daniel Craig was also interested in a second film. Having played James Bond for so long, Craig is probably jumping at the chance to be acting in a relatively new role. Johnson has said he planned to do a series that followed the detective, Benoit Blanc, as he goes around to solve mysteries. With the lead interested in the film, Rian Johnson already writing the sequel’s script, and the box office returns of the original being pretty profitable for Lionsgate, it seems that all the pieces are in place.

Sequels Have a Bad Rep

But will it turn out well? Sequels have a bad reputation for outperforming compared to the originals and never quite living up to the first. Of course, there are sequels that do incredibly well and go on to spawn huge franchises. Some examples are: Iron Man, which lead to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, which led to seven more movies and a spinoff franchise, Star Wars (which Johnson has worked on himself), and Batman Begins (which led to The Dark Knight).

But there are many more sequels that many have said are worse than the originals. They might not necessarily be bad films, but a large number of audiences and critics agree they were worse than the first. These examples include Frozen 2, Jaws: The Revenge, The Dark Knight Rises, and many more.

Will Knives Out 2 live up to the standard set by the first movie? Will it spawn many more movies starring Daniel Craig as Beniot Blanc? Here at The Movie Scoop, we hope it will. While pretty much all of the cast won’t be returning, with Daniel Craig giving his performance and maybe a new all-star cast, it could have a good shot.

Be Careful

But there are two main things Rian just has to keep track of when he eventually directs Knives Out 2. We believe he should keep the witty and clever sense of humor. While the subject matter was dark (murder of a family member) little bits of comedy spiced up the movie so it wasn’t depressing. Craig’s doughnut hole joke was hilarious. He shouldn’t make the story too similar, though, or the big reveal at the end could be easy to predict. Knives Out was so complex with the whodunnit aspect and had so many small clues, we hope Johnson doesn’t become lazy and follow the exact same beats.

Luckily, we don’t believe he will. His love for creating the Knives Out story was evident when you watched the film. We’re excited for Johnson to create Knives Out 2, (whatever it’s called) and we hope it goes down as one of the best sequels in history!