After much anticipation, the first trailer for Rian Johnson's Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is finally here. Detective Benoit Blanc (played by Daniel Craig) returns to solve another murder mystery —only this time, in an entirely different setting and with new characters.
While revealing little about the plot, the new Knives Out 2 trailer showcases the characters fixating on a wooden puzzle that is seemingly crucial to the story, but viewers have to wait for the release of the film to learn why. Understandably, Knives Out 2 has big shoes to fill, as the first entry is one of the best mystery films of the last few years. Nevertheless, the trailer promises to deliver another fun story where nothing and no one is as they seem.
Glass Onion takes place on the Greek private island of tech billionaire Miles Bron (Norton), who invited his friends for a getaway. After someone turns up dead, detective Benoit Blanc must solve the game of whodunit. The upcoming film will premiere later this month at the Toronto International Film Festival and hit Netflix in December 2022. Although many details remain under wraps, Dave Bautista teased that Knives Out 2 would be better than the original.
"I really think it’s going to be as good, if not better, than the first one," he told People magazine in 2021. "I’m always afraid to say that because I don’t want anybody to get offended saying that we’re going to be better, but I really do think this. I think the characters are just so much more colorful. I think people are really going to dig this." In addition to Craig, the cast includes Bautista, Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Kate Hudson, Madelyn Cline, Jessica Henwick, and Ethan Hawke in an undisclosed role.
Johnson first announced Glass Onion in 2020, a year after the original Knives Out was released. which received multiple Golden Globe nominations as well as an Oscar nod. The 2019 movie also featured a star-studded ensemble comprised of Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Collette, Michael Shannon, Don Johnson, Lakeith Stanfield, Katherine Langford, and Christopher Plummer in his final role. Although described as a sequel, Glass Onion is a standalone film, as the story is unrelated to Knives Out. The only thread that ties both movies together is Craig's character.
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery debuts on Netflix on December 23, 2022.
Source: Netflix