Rian Johnson Will Keep Making Knives Out Movies Under One Condition

As noted above, Rian Johnson’s decision whether or not to press forward with more entries in a potential Knives-Out-iverse beyond “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” would seem to be a given. But the truth is, he appears to have one important condition regarding casting that needs be fulfilled first.

This provision was revealed during a promotional roundtable promoting “Glass Onion” during the film’s Toronto International Film Festival premiere. As seen in this YouTube clip of the roundtable at TIFF, when an audience member asked the director if there would be more films featuring Craig’s Benoit Blanc, Johnson replied, “I’m going to keep making these until Daniel [Craig] blocks me on his phone.”

As for Craig himself, the James Bond franchise veteran appears to be fully on board with recreating his mystery-solving Southern detective persona in any future “Knives Out” ventures. Interviewed during the Variety Studio presented by King’s Hawaiian event, also at TIFF, Craig said that if Johnson keeps making the movies, “I’ll keep doing them.” Craig went on to credit Johnson’s ability as a scriptwriter for his eagerness to be involved in further “Knives Out” iterations, saying, “That’s what makes it easy … he’s such a wonderful writer that it’s there on the page for me to do.”