Netflix Buys ‘Knives Out’ Sequels for $450 Million

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🔪 Netflix is plunking down an astounding $450 million for the rights to the KnivesOut sequels.

The first “Knives Out” was produced by Media Rights Capital, which sold the movie to Netflix. It was distributed by Lionsgate, going on to earn $311.4 million on a $40 million budget. Johnson was nominated for an Oscar for best original screenplay.

Craig will reprise his role as private detective Benoit Blanc. The films give Craig a new series to segue into as he wraps up his five-film stint as James Bond with “No Time to Die,” which will open in theaters this fall after numerous delays due to COVID-19.

 

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To be directed by Colin Trevorrow, who will be replaced by J J Abrams

The twist is the sequels will suck.

outstanding.

What about Live Free or Knives Out? Are rights still available?

April Fools? Please say you hit “post” 2 hours early

ChrisEvans

Terrible news.

The first one made 300 million globally. Take away production costs and advertising this is a deal that makes little sense.

Can't wait!

Why? KnivesOut was awful. I stopped watching at 30 mins. What a waste of a great cast.

This is huge but at the same time makes me nervous lol

Great film tbf

Craig doing 5 Bond films in 15 years but squeezing in 3 Benoit Blanc stints in 6 🤷‍♂️ Monthly subscriptions and tons of competition make Netflix work hard!

Seems like a waste to me

They know they can just make a Mystery movie right?

Go get it Netflix !! Yass

W

neato, maybe they could also buy No Time To Die as well and finally release that damn movie...

Netflix better bring both Knives Out 2 & Knives Out 3 to theaters!

Netflix right now.

There goes the joy of watching a murder mystery in theatres. I saw Knives Out in theatres and it was just great. That spark and excitement is now gone.

Unclear -- did they buy from MRC, LGF, FilmNation?

How do they make their money? They surely don’t get this back in new subs ?

Director?

FORKS OUT first, then SPOONS OUT, because spoons hurt more.

That’s insane.

MasaSonCap what say you?

OMG and wbpictures can’t RestoretheSnyderVerse?

the irony of this film being celebrated as a successful, original, non-franchise film and it now being turned into a franchise that i’m already annoyed by is just too much

Hopefully its a costly gamble that fails 🤣

Whew, that’s a lot of money

Remember, these are sequels, so for 2 or 3 sequels this is a good deal

Chris Evan and the sweater please

Yes please 🙌

Huh? An *ok* movie with no superheroes (a plus!), but still... 450 million? For that? I'm going back to bartending.

Well congratulations rianjohnson! Good job netflix.

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