Rian Johnson has no concept yet for Knives Out 4

Rian Johnson said a fourth Knives Out film has not entered development and that he currently has no concept for another installment, remarks he made as his third entry in the series, Wake Up Dead Man A Knives Out Mystery, prepares for release later this year. Speaking at the BFI London Film Festival, Johnson said, "I got nothing. If you have anything, I'll take it," and added that he prefers to "totally empty the well and then start from scratch" when conceiving a new mystery.

Wake Up Dead Man, which opens in select theaters on November 26 and will stream on Netflix on December 12, marks the completion of a two-picture deal the director signed with the streamer after the original film's success. The new film reunites Daniel Craig as detective Benoit Blanc with an ensemble cast that includes Josh O'Connor, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Glenn Close, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack, and Jeremy Renner. Johnson described the film as a darker, gothic-toned mystery centered on the death of a priest in an upstate New York parish and said its more somber setting amplifies both tension and black humor.

Critics have responded positively to Wake Up Dead Man during...