Netflix scores the rights to make Knives Out 2 and 3 for $469,000,000

[DoctorChicken]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/n...odunit-behind-netflixs-469-million-power-play

In February 2020, Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer said during a quarterly earnings call that the company was officially moving ahead on a sequel to Knives Out, the surprise box office and critical smash whodunnit starring Daniel Craig and written and directed by Rian Johnson.

But on March 31, in a twist worthy of Agatha Christie, came the reveal that Lionsgate would not be releasing the sequel at all. Instead, two sequels would be made by Netflix, which inked a dagger-driving $469 million deal with Johnson and his producing partner at T-Street, Ram Bergman, both of whom are represented by CAA.

Deal points were noteworthy: The pact gave Johnson immense creative control, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. He doesn’t have to take notes from the streamer. The only contingencies were that Craig must star in the sequels and that each must have at least the budget of the 2019 movie, which was in the $40 million range. Sources say that Johnson, Bergman and Craig stand to walk away with upward of $100 million each.

 

[darthseinfeld]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/n...odunit-behind-netflixs-469-million-power-play

Knives Out was pretty killer

 

[Stash]

Whatever keeps Rian Johnson away from Star Wars is good news.

 

[Runwildboys]

Ya know, I don't even remember whether I liked the original.

 

[DallasEast]

Whatever keeps Rian Johnson away from Star Wars is good news.

 

[darthseinfeld]

Ya know, I don't even remember whether I liked the original.

Ana DeArmas was in it, so you must have

 

[timb2]

Whatever keeps Rian Johnson away from Star Wars is good news.

That is why I refused to watch " Knives Out" because I hated his Star Wars " Attack of the Snowflakes".

 

[CyberB0b]

It was an OK movie. Didn't really lend itself to sequels.