Netflix reveals release date for Knives Out sequel Glass Onion

Netflix has announced that Rian Johnson's Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery will begin streaming on December 23. The upcoming film, also written by Johnson, is a sequel to the 2019 film Knives Out.

On Monday night, the streaming service released the first trailer for the film, in which Daniel Craig, reprising his role as detective Benoit Blanc, attends a glamorous dinner party. Blanc returns to Greece in the sequel to peel back the layers of a mystery involving a new cast of colourful suspects, including Edward Norton, Janelle Monee, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Jessica Henwick, Madelyn Cline, Kate Hudson, and Dave Bautista.

"When tech billionaire Miles Bron (Norton) invites some of his nearest and dearest for a getaway on his private Greek island, it soon becomes clear that all is not perfect in paradise. And when someone turns up dead, well, who better than Blanc to peel back the layers of intrigue?" Netflix said about the plotline in a press release.

Johnson, who co-produced the film with Ram Bergman, explained that the title Glass Onion is a reference to the 1968 Beatles song of the same name.

"I'm always fishing for something fun that Blanc can grab onto as an overwrought metaphor that he can beat to death. This is all in plain sight from the very start. So, the idea of glass came to me, something that's clear. I'll be very honest," he said, in a statement.

Further, he added, "I got out my iPhone and searched my music library with the word 'glass'. There's got to be some good glass songs. I was like, 'Oh, is it a glass fortress? Is it a glass castle? Is it a glass man?' The first thing that came up, because I'm a huge Beatles fan, is Glass Onion."

Knives Out 2 will receive its European premiere at the 66th edition of the BFI London Film Festival on October 16. The film will premiere in select theatres on a to-be-announced date.