Movie competition season is in full swing, and the 66th version of the BFI London Movie Competition is barely a few months away. Again in June, it was introduced that Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical, starring Lashana Lynch and Emma Thompson, will likely be opening the competition on 5 October, and we now know which movie would be the closing gala, too – Rian Johnson’s homicide thriller sequel Glass Onion: A Knives Out Thriller.

The follow-up to 2018’s wildly entertaining and much-enjoyed Knives Out, Glass Onion sees Daniel Craig return as donut hole-loving Detective Benoit Blanc, sharp go well with and Southern drawl in tact. He’s the one connective tissue on this anthology-type sequel, this time heading to Greece to crack a brand new case. He’ll be joined by a stellar forged of recent suspects, together with Ethan Hawke, Kathryn Hahn, Jessica Henwick, Dave Bautista, Janelle Monáe, Kate Hudson, Edward Norton and Leslie Odom Jr – the latter 4 of which is able to be part of Johnson in attending the competition itself.

The movie will display as LFF’s Closing Night time Gala on Sunday 16 October, which can even be its European Premiere, earlier than its launch in cinemas after which on Netflix later within the 12 months.