One thing is afoot with Knives Out sequel Glass Onion. As introduced by Netflix by way of their Tudum platform at this time, Rian Johnson’s follow-up to his twisty-turny 2019 whodunnit now has a launch date – it is going to be streaming globally from 23 December, and premiere in choose cinemas earlier than then on a date nonetheless to be introduced. What might be a greater current from Santa than Daniel Craig’s Benoit Blanc in search of solutions to his suspicions within the sunshine?

Sure, everybody’s favorite sharply-dressed detective is leaving the wet autumnal setting of the primary Knives Out movie behind for a Greek getaway, heading to a personal island owned by tech billionaire Miles Born (Edward Norton) to unravel a model new thriller. The remainder of the ensemble, enjoying the characters positive to be topic to Blanc’s intense interrogations, contains Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Jessica Henwick, Kate Hudson, Dave Bautista and Madelyn Cline – try the model new picture above of all of them convened round a relatively grand dinner desk.

The primary movie was a field workplace smash, and gained Johnson an Academy Award nomination – so while it is a fully new story, with Craig’s Southern sleuth being the one narrative connecting tissue, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Thriller remains to be probably the most anticipated motion pictures of the yr. Did anybody have doughnut holes on their Christmas record?