A) That's a Hell of a Cast. B) Yes, Please.

September 8, 2022 7:35 AM

A new trailer has dropped for "Glass Onion", Rian Johnson's follow-up to "Knives Out". (SLYT)
posted by Ipsifendus (67 comments total)

Squee! I hadn't realized they had an entirely new cast (except for Daniel Craig). That's a clever idea.

After my partner and I enjoyed Knives Out so much I had him double back and watch Deathtrap, the 1982 movie based on the play. Broadly the same murder mystery farce, with a fantastic twist that if you don't know definitely don't spoil it. May be something to watch if this trailer gets you excited for the genre. It's on many streaming services.
posted by Nelson at 7:40 AM on September 8, 2022 [13 favorites]

Link starting at the beginning of the video. (The link in the post starts 28 seconds in)
posted by octothorpe at 7:44 AM on September 8, 2022 [3 favorites]

Daniel Craig gets to do his Foghorn Leghorn accent again!
posted by The_Vegetables at 7:49 AM on September 8, 2022 [22 favorites]

Sometimes I wonder if the way some films score these amazing casts is to say "come have fun with us for a while" and then they work out the rest of the details later.
posted by Servo5678 at 7:58 AM on September 8, 2022 [15 favorites]

Johnson appears to be one of those directors that actors will do almost anything to work with, which says a great deal about him not only as a storyteller but as a human being.
posted by seanmpuckett at 8:04 AM on September 8, 2022 [14 favorites]

I am so excited for this. What a cast! And I am very, very much enjoying that my Crossing Jordan-era Kathryn Hahn crush has had such a splendid comeback.

I read a lot of murder mysteries and the best ones for stressful times are the ones where horrible rich people get what's coming to them (see: Death on the Nile) and Rian Johnson's take on the genre thoroughly understands that appeal.
posted by restless_nomad at 8:05 AM on September 8, 2022 [9 favorites]

Dammit they own the distribution but still they don't list an exact date of release. This is why people hate you, Netflix.
posted by Catblack at 8:08 AM on September 8, 2022 [2 favorites]

My only disappointment with the cast is that there's no Toni Collette. But on the squeee! side of things, we get Janelle Monáe! I can't wait to see this
posted by treepour at 8:19 AM on September 8, 2022 [8 favorites]

If you like Knives Out, a similar murder mystery from the 1970s is The Last of Sheila, which has a screenplay co-written by Anthony Perkins and Stephen Sondheim. Sondheim heavily leans on his love of word games in the script.
posted by jonp72 at 8:24 AM on September 8, 2022 [10 favorites]

I never got to see Knives Out for a reason of squick. I'm really hoping this one won't have a gross-out bit that makes it impossible for me to enjoy.
posted by gentlyepigrams at 8:24 AM on September 8, 2022

So weird that this movie is not in theaters when Knives Out cleaned up.
posted by praemunire at 8:25 AM on September 8, 2022 [4 favorites]

Glass Onion is supposed to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. I wonder if the hot mess that was the Don’t Worry Darling premiere has thrown off scheduling.
posted by jonp72 at 8:27 AM on September 8, 2022

So weird that this movie is not in theaters when Knives Out cleaned up.

Seriously. Puzzling choice.

Make it up to us, Rian Johnson. Write that Jedi murder mystery we've never realized we've been waiting for.
posted by greenland at 8:28 AM on September 8, 2022 [10 favorites]

Are we sure it's not going into theaters? The Irishman was Netflix and had a theatrical release.
posted by rikschell at 8:48 AM on September 8, 2022

So weird that this movie is not in theaters when Knives Out cleaned up.

I wonder if it's more about the state of the theater business now than the quality of the movie. National Cinema Day last week, in which most movie theaters around the country sold $3 movie tickets, felt like an act of desperation when I first heard of it. I really enjoy going to movie theaters, but I think the pandemic accelerated the changes that had been brewing over the last decade or so in how the public watches movies. So releasing in theaters might not be that important to a moviemaker if the streaming-only deal is good enough. And I'm not sure if being shown in a theater is a requirement for the big awards still.

Sidenote: if you haven't seen Rian Johnson's directorial debut, Brick (← link to the movie's red band trailer), you should check it out. Not the same tone as Knives Out, but a great genre movie that turns the genre on its head enough to be pretty interesting. It's been a while since I've seen it, so don't know how well it holds up, but I remember really liking it the few times I've watched it.
posted by msbrauer at 8:48 AM on September 8, 2022 [8 favorites]

Daniel Craig gets to do his Foghorn Leghorn accent again!

He had to work with a dialect coach for months to recreate it, because “I’d forgotten the accent and I didn’t want to do a pastiche. I wanted to make it as grounded and as anchored in reality as possible.”
posted by creepygirl at 9:12 AM on September 8, 2022 [4 favorites]

Netflix will premiere it Dec 23, the "dialect coach" article says.
posted by seanmpuckett at 9:20 AM on September 8, 2022 [1 favorite]

I look forward to this. Gives "And Then There Were None" vibes with rich people being trapped in a location.
posted by jenfullmoon at 9:35 AM on September 8, 2022 [5 favorites]

Make it up to us, Rian Johnson. Write that Jedi murder mystery we've never realized we've been waiting for.

Hasn't he done enough damage to the franchise already?
posted by fairmettle at 9:45 AM on September 8, 2022

It's probably just me going slowly mad but at first glance I always think Older Edward Norton is Young Brent Spiner.
posted by Shepherd at 9:49 AM on September 8, 2022 [18 favorites]

Honestly I want Daniel Craig to be remembered for this instead of having been James Bond tbh
posted by Kitteh at 9:53 AM on September 8, 2022 [13 favorites]

as grounded and as anchored in reality as possible

He's just fucking with us, right?
posted by praemunire at 10:03 AM on September 8, 2022 [18 favorites]

So releasing in theaters might not be that important to a moviemaker if the streaming-only deal is good enough.

Possibly, but you would think there would be eagerness to outbid a streaming-only deal for a sequel to a mid-budget movie that was actually successful original content.
posted by praemunire at 10:04 AM on September 8, 2022

I'm interested in the movie but bummed that Daniel Craig is in it, because the only part I didn't like about Knives Out was every time he was on screen doing that terrible accent.
posted by blueberry monster at 10:16 AM on September 8, 2022 [3 favorites]

I seem to remember enjoying the Vanity Fair youtube bit Director Ryan Johnson Breaks Down a Scene from Knives Out
posted by NoThisIsPatrick at 10:21 AM on September 8, 2022 [2 favorites]

Yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!

Possibly one of the things I loved best about Knives Out was that Daniel Craig, a very talented actor, had come off a long series of movies where he was forced to act like the flattest plank of wood ever hewn, and you could just viscerally feel his delight at playing the characteriest character role ever. I think he would have worn a monocle and carried a sword cane if they'd let him.
posted by The Underpants Monster at 10:40 AM on September 8, 2022 [43 favorites]

Funny that Daniel Craig is divisive, but we can all agree that this has a disturbing lack of Ana de Armas?
posted by drewbage1847 at 10:44 AM on September 8, 2022 [13 favorites]

I want Craig to use that accent in every movie. And maybe narrate audio-books with it.
posted by octothorpe at 10:49 AM on September 8, 2022 [9 favorites]

"My name is Bond. Beauregard Stonewall Bond."
posted by Nelson at 11:07 AM on September 8, 2022 [38 favorites]

Excited too, though Craig's neckerchiefs won't inspire entertaining, Aran-sweater-level derangement.
posted by Iris Gambol at 11:13 AM on September 8, 2022 [2 favorites]

That’s a great cast and it looks like it’s going to be fun to watch (or at least gorgeous to look at), but I’m not gonna lie, a part of me was really hoping that the sequel to Knives Out would be the same entire cast, with Daniel Craig reprising his detective role but everyone else playing entirely new characters with different relationships to one another.
posted by Mchelly at 11:22 AM on September 8, 2022 [17 favorites]

one of the things I loved best about Knives Out was that Daniel Craig...

Yes. The really funny thing about Knives Out was that the plot twists were not even that big a deal. The main plot was more straightforward than I expected. The whole thing was about set-up, and some really swell acting from the main players.
posted by ovvl at 11:26 AM on September 8, 2022 [4 favorites]

Ooh this looks fun and Janelle Monae!
posted by ellieBOA at 11:26 AM on September 8, 2022 [3 favorites]

I wanted Daniel Craig to play the same character as the first one but with a completely different nonsensical accent. (It's been a while since I've watched Knives Out but wasn't there some kind of implication that his accent was just some sort of put-on? Or did I make that up and just decide that's true?)

Anyway, this still looks like fun.
posted by edencosmic at 11:28 AM on September 8, 2022 [4 favorites]

That’s a great cast and it looks like it’s going to be fun to watch (or at least gorgeous to look at), but I’m not gonna lie, a part of me was really hoping that the sequel to Knives Out would be the same entire cast, with Daniel Craig reprising his detective role but everyone else playing entirely new characters with different relationships to one another.

oh shit now I want this too
posted by Kitteh at 11:45 AM on September 8, 2022 [6 favorites]

Sort of a Fish Called Wanda/Fierce Creatures thing? Yeah, I'd absolutely be there for that.
posted by Greg_Ace at 12:07 PM on September 8, 2022

Anyone remember when they did that with the Maury Chaykin/Timothy Hutton Nero Wolfe Series?
posted by drewbage1847 at 12:12 PM on September 8, 2022 [1 favorite]

I hope this becomes a franchise! Rotating cast around Craig and Rian?
Also this teaser/trailer is amazing I wish more were like this.
posted by yuletide at 12:18 PM on September 8, 2022 [1 favorite]

What I’m seeing online is a limited theatrical release in November and then a streaming debut at Christmas. Can hardly wait!
posted by merriment at 12:38 PM on September 8, 2022 [1 favorite]

Fans of Daniel Craig's accent in these movies might enjoy the one he deploys in Logan Lucky.
posted by kirkaracha at 1:06 PM on September 8, 2022 [12 favorites]

^ ^ ^

Generally I hold a measure of contempt for exaggerated Southern accents from non-Southern actors, but I make an exception for Daniel Craig because frankly he looks to be enjoying himself.
posted by Kitteh at 1:34 PM on September 8, 2022 [5 favorites]

In Logan Lucky I thought Craig was auditioning for the lead role in a Kevin Spacey biopic.
posted by chavenet at 1:37 PM on September 8, 2022 [1 favorite]

Plot twist: Janelle Monae is an android!
posted by hijinx at 1:49 PM on September 8, 2022 [7 favorites]

That’s a great cast and it looks like it’s going to be fun to watch (or at least gorgeous to look at), but I’m not gonna lie, a part of me was really hoping that the sequel to Knives Out would be the same entire cast, with Daniel Craig reprising his detective role but everyone else playing entirely new characters with different relationships to one another.

Just like The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask.
posted by straight at 1:49 PM on September 8, 2022

a part of me was really hoping that the sequel to Knives Out would be the same entire cast, with Daniel Craig reprising his detective role but everyone else playing entirely new characters with different relationships to one another.

The Dark Shadows cinematic universe
posted by The Underpants Monster at 2:06 PM on September 8, 2022 [2 favorites]

at first glance I always think Older Edward Norton is Young Brent Spiner.

Oh good, it’s not just me….
posted by scorbet at 2:40 PM on September 8, 2022

I, too, am annoyed by poorly done Southern accents, unless the actor can make it fun. Craig was rolling around in it like a pig in shit, and I loved it.
posted by vibrotronica at 2:44 PM on September 8, 2022 [5 favorites]

I thought Knives Out started very, very strong and then went down in quality as it went on. I'm in the minority, I guess, but I just didn't like the film overall... minus the beginning.
posted by SoberHighland at 3:10 PM on September 8, 2022 [1 favorite]

Funny that Daniel Craig is divisive, but we can all agree that this has a disturbing lack of Ana de Armas?

They swapped her over to Bond movies as part of the Daniel Craig hostage agreement.
posted by Tom Hanks Cannot Be Trusted at 3:18 PM on September 8, 2022 [15 favorites]

I thought Knives Out started very, very strong and then went down in quality as it went on. I'm in the minority, I guess, but I just didn't like the film overall... minus the beginning.

My feeling about most Rian Johnson films is that they have this undeniable sheen of being an exercise, like each one is an interesting homework assignment that he's completed to perfection. It tends to detach me from his work a little bit, because the clockwork is always a bit too pristine, and even the stuff that ought to feel like feeling is so mechanical that I wind up very detached from the overall result.

Oftentimes I find this off-putting, though I generally admire the craft involved. Occasionally—mainly with "Ozymandias" in Breaking Bad—the subject matter is so compelling that a hyperprecise watchmaker is exactly what the material calls for.

But it turns out that "pseudo-farcical non-mystery mystery" is precisely the genre that I will watch a dozen perfect heartless Rube Goldberg machines of. Which is to say, I think that Knives Out is pretty superficial as a character study and pretty lackluster as a mystery and also did. not. care. a. whit. I could not be more eager about having a sequel to compulsively rewatch on top of the original.

I do think, however, that "didn't like it overall" is basically a sane reaction to anything Rian Johnson has touched. He's very, very smart and talented, but he makes Quentin Tarantino seem heartfelt by comparison.
posted by Tom Hanks Cannot Be Trusted at 3:24 PM on September 8, 2022 [2 favorites]

I hope this becomes a franchise!

Given the “A ‘Knives Out’ Mystery” subtitle, I’d say that’s the plan. Or, at least hope.
posted by Thorzdad at 4:26 PM on September 8, 2022 [1 favorite]

Loved Knives Out across the board. This... the trailer's well-done, but the dialogue and interaction mostly leave me cold. Daniel Craig looks like potentially the best part of it, but I didn't love the trailer for Knives Out and wound up loving it, so I guess we'll see.

And yeah, there's a 3 definitely happening, though I'm not sure where it is with production.
posted by cupcakeninja at 4:29 PM on September 8, 2022

Ethan Hawke's in this, per IMDB. Maybe he's the detective's client, and/or the eventual corpse.
Hoping Joseph Gordon Levitt turns up for the third installment (announced for 2024) -- he supplied a bit of voice acting ("Detective Hardrock") for the original.
posted by Iris Gambol at 5:02 PM on September 8, 2022 [1 favorite]

I loved Knives Out and am looking forward to this. Seems to be doubling down on the "watch movie stars have a blast playing a murder mystery game" vibe that I enjoyed so much. Going to try to see this during the theatrical release and then again in my Christmas jammies.
posted by the primroses were over at 5:16 PM on September 8, 2022 [3 favorites]

The ending of Knives Out is one of my favorite cinema shots ever. Just so satisfying.

The best take on Craig’s southern accent I’ve heard is that, well, you know how Americans will do a fake British accent? He’s just returning the favor and showing us how silly it looks. That said, he was an absolute hoot in the original.
posted by azpenguin at 9:04 PM on September 8, 2022 [7 favorites]

I really enjoyed "Knives Out". I hope to enjoy this too, but honestly this looks like cheap straight to video bullshit to make a quick buck.
posted by evilDoug at 10:11 PM on September 8, 2022

I had forgotten Frank Oz played the lawyer in Knives Out. I do kind of wish they’d brought him back for a similar scene in the sequel. He was surprisingly good at the “only human in a Muppet movie” thing.
posted by The Underpants Monster at 10:24 PM on September 8, 2022 [3 favorites]

In my imagination, when they were putting together Knives Out they wanted an English actor for a Sherlock Holmesian consulting detective part. So when they reached out to Daniel Craig he said "Okay, but only if I can do it with a southern accent". And they said "Oookkkaaay . . ."

Maybe Hercule Poirot (with his "Belgian" accent) is the model here.
posted by rochrobbb at 3:47 AM on September 9, 2022 [2 favorites]

They're on a boat! And an island! So many awesome actors, again! Aaah so excited! I will totally watch any and all of these Rian Johnson/Daniel Craig are willing to make. jonp72, I immediately thought of The Last of Sheila with the opening credits -- and also that Midsomer Murders episode with the murderous roulette wheel no one could resist giving a spin:

The Dagger Club
posted by pepper bird at 6:31 AM on September 9, 2022 [1 favorite]

It's probably just me going slowly mad but at first glance I always think Older Edward Norton is Young Brent Spiner.

We're all mad here. Actually my first thought was "damn, Christopher Walken looks GREAT these days."
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 6:56 AM on September 9, 2022 [1 favorite]

It's probably just me going slowly mad but at first glance I always think Older Edward Norton is Young Brent Spiner.

We're all mad here. Actually my first thought was "damn, Christopher Walken looks GREAT these days."

I saw Alan Ruck. What if we put them all on an island?
posted by pepper bird at 7:37 AM on September 9, 2022 [1 favorite]

I saw Alan Ruck. What if we put them all on an island?

...with sexy results!
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 7:44 AM on September 9, 2022 [2 favorites]

Looking at the cast... Why are they calling this a mystery when we know that It was Agatha all along?
posted by elgilito at 9:25 AM on September 9, 2022 [6 favorites]

Sexy actor island!

In this social experiment, [three white male actors] at a crossroad in their [careers] put their [chops] to the test by giving "[ensemble cast acting]" a try. On the Hawaiian island of Maui, they'll [take acting notes from] sexy singles to discover if there is another [scene] partner with whom they are more compatible. In the end, will the [actors ruin the film]? Will they [improv] with one of the island's "tempters"? Or will they [get fired] and go home alone? Whatever the outcome, there should be plenty of drama along the way.
posted by pepper bird at 6:40 PM on September 9, 2022 [1 favorite]

Think of Daniel Craig as taking long overdue vengeance for Dick van Dyke's 'cockney'.
posted by How much is that froggie in the window at 12:40 AM on September 10, 2022 [3 favorites]

They're on a boat!

Take a good hard look at the motherfucking boat.
posted by kirkaracha at 4:32 AM on September 10, 2022

I love mysteries, but I didn't like Knives Out somehow, it felt pretty tepid and I didn't really feel like there was a lot of potential going untapped there — but but, Kathryn Hahn is in this! And it looks like it might cut loose and actually be as fun as it thinks it is.. I guess I'm gonna watch it.
posted by fleacircus at 3:31 PM on September 10, 2022