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    And then there were more: Knives Out, Agatha Christie and nonstop murder mystery boom

    Nov 05, 2022 5 minutes

    A brilliant Greek sun beats down on Daniel Craig and his co-stars Kate Hudson, Edward Norton and Janelle Monáe in the follow-up to Knives Out, the surprise whodunnit hit of 2019.

    When Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery arrives later this month in UK cinemas, audiences will be introduced to a handful of prime suspects in the time-honoured manner, while Craig’s gentlemanly sleuth Benoit Blanc sets out to solve an impending crime.

    But the glossy Knives Out films are not the only recent releases to stretch the framework of the traditional whodunnit into blockbuster territory. Film producers are now prepared to risk huge sums on the sort of classic crime capers that were once the preserve of Sunday afternoon television specials.

    “This kind of drama is a global phenomenon now,” said James Prichard, chairman. Fox did something amazing when it put in all that money. It showed that people still want murder mysteries, and Netflix, among others, has picked up the idea quickly.”

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