Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mysterywill be more than a little puzzling.
In a newly released scene, the setup for the story is laid out, featuring immense puzzle boxes and the promise of a murder. Writer-directorRian Johnsonintroduces the clip, looking absolutely gleeful as he sets the scene.
“I am very excited to show you an exclusive scene from my new movie,” he begins. “The mystery begins when a group of friends all receives an unexpected invitation in the form of an intricate puzzle box.”
“Dear friends, my beautiful disruptors, my closest inner circle,” the card inside says under the evil eye, ormati, a symbol used in Greece, where the film takes place.
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery(2022).JOHN WILSON/NETFLIX
“Where we will celebrate the bonds that connect us, and I hope your puzzle-solving skills are whetted …” Bautista continues, and Odom picks up the thread. “Because you will also be competing to solve the mystery of …”
The clip also shows starDaniel Craig, reprising his role as Benoit Blanc in the final moment.
“Ladies and Gentlemen, this invitation,” he says in his Southern drawl, “is not to be trifled.”
With the mystery set, viewers can expect to solve it alongside Blanc on Dec. 23, just in time for a family holiday viewing on Netflix.
Glass OnionstarsEdward Nortonas tech billionaire Miles Bron, as well asJanelle Monáe, Jessica Henwick and Madelyn Cline.
Johnson teased the story on Twitterin June, explaining that he’s taking a page out of iconic mystery writer Agatha Christie’s book for his original film franchise.
“Something I love about Agatha Christie is how she never tread water creatively. I think there’s a misperception that her books use the same formula over and over, but fans know the opposite is true,” he wrote. “It wasn’t just settings or murder methods, she was constantly stretching the genre conceptually. Under the umbrella of the whodunnit she wrote spy thrillers, proto-slasher horrors, serial killer hunts, gothic romances, psychological character studies, glam travelogues.”
Glass Onionwill bethe first of two planned sequels, with Johnson returning as director for both. It had its world premiere at theToronto International Film FestivalSept. 10.
source: people.com
