New Zealand trailer and release date for Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Benoit Blanc is on the case again!
Benoit Blanc is back! Daniel Craig’s suave sleuth returns in a new murder mystery by the current king of the genre, Rian Johnson.
When is Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery being released in New Zealand?
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery is streaming in New Zealand exclusively on Netflix from December 12, 2025.
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
What is Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery about?
Details are understandably thin on the ground, but we’re given to understand that this latest adventure sees the Southern-fried detective in the fictional town of Chimney Rock in upstate New York, where the Catholic parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Fortitude is run by the charismatic Monsignor Jefferson Wicks. When the fire and brimstone priest turns up dead, it’s up to our boy Benoit to figure out whodunnit and why.
As ever, the answer will require some savvy detective work, with Blanc winnowing through a murderer’s row of great actors to get to the truth.
The cast of Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
We’ve got Daniel Craig as detective Benoit Blanc; Josh O’Connor as Reverend Jud Duplenticy; Josh Brolin as charismatic firebrand Monsignor Jefferson Wicks; Glenn Close as Martha Delacroix, a devout church lady and Wick’s right-hand woman; Mila Kunis as police chief Geraldine Scott; Jeremy Renner as town doctor Nat Sharp; Kerry Washington as lawyer Vera Draven; Andrew Scott as author Lee Ross; Cailee Spaeny as disabled former concert cellist Simone Vivane; Daryl McCormack as aspiring politician Cy Draven; and Thomas Haden Church as groundskeeper Samson Holt. As ever, a spectacular ensemble.
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery trailer
Why we’re excited about Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
The exploits of Benoit Blanc are always a good time—fun, clever mysteries with star-studded casts and a concrete sense of playfulness that makes sure we never get mired in self-seriousness. We cannot wait.
