{"id":13457,"date":"2025-11-21T20:49:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T12:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=13457"},"modified":"2025-11-21T20:49:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T12:49:52","slug":"wake-up-dead-man-a-knives-out-mystery-director-rian-johnson-frustrated-at-limited-theatrical-release-suggests-fans-call-up-their-local-theater-manager-to-ask-if-its-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=13457","title":{"rendered":"Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery Director Rian Johnson &#8216;Frustrated&#8217; at Limited Theatrical Release, Suggests Fans Call Up Their Local Theater Manager to Ask if It\u2019s Coming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Rian Johnson has expressed frustration at the limited theatrical release of his new Benoit Blanc Netflix film, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Streamer Netflix will release Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery in theaters on November 26, in time for the Thanksgiving holiday, before releasing it on Netflix itself on December 12.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">But it will only release in \u201cselect\u201d theaters, as opposed to nationwide \u2014 something that has clearly left the Star Wars: The Last Jedi writer and director unimpressed.<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-video\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Taking to social media, Johnson replied to one fan who expressed concern after failing to find a local screening. \u201cI\u2019m as frustrated as you that it\u2019s not everywhere, but new theaters will be added so keep checking,\u201d Johnson tweeted. \u201cAnd also if you\u2019re inclined it wouldn\u2019t hurt to contact the manager of your local theater and (politely!) ask them if it\u2019s coming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">In another social media post, Johnson shared the official website of Wake Up Dead Man as \u201cthe best way to find if there\u2019s a theater near you playing\u201d the film, before adding: \u201cFor those asking, sadly AMC would not play the movie, it\u2019s going to be Landmark, Alamo, and other chains. And it can absolutely stay in theaters after the 12\/12 Netflix drop if there\u2019s demand \u2014 it\u2019s up to the theaters to decide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">It\u2019s rare for Netflix to release its movies in theaters. Guillermo del Toro\u2019s latest, Frankenstein, had a short theatrical run nationwide in October ahead of its November 7 premiere on the streaming platform, and global phenomenon KPop Demon Hunters hit theaters after its explosive launch on Netflix. Even the final episode of Stranger Things Season 5 will drop in theaters simultaneously with its Netflix premiere.<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-slideshow\"><button type=\"button\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"jsx-2228525885\"\/><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\">\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery Photos<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3381835873 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\" style=\"mask:url(https:\/\/kraken.ignimgs.com\/_next\/static\/media\/RightChevron.272be43c.svg) no-repeat center center \/ contain;background:currentColor\"\/><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/output><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">But Netflix has indicated it won&#8217;t change its long-standing view on theaters versus streaming. \u201cThere\u2019s no change in the strategy,&#8221; CEO Ted Sarandos explained of the company\u2019s policy on theatrical distribution during a recent earnings conference. &#8220;Our strategy is to give our members exclusive first-run movies on Netflix.\u201d In fact, Sarandos went on to assert that <u>KPop Demon Hunters<\/u> only became a sensation \u201cbecause it was released on Netflix first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">IGN\u2019s Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery review returned a 7\/10. We said: \u201cWake Up Dead Man is a solid third entry for Benoit Blanc, finally delivering the classic-style mystery the series has sorely needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Photo by Gonzalo Marroquin\/Getty Images for Netflix.<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/wake-up-dead-man-a-knives-out-mystery-director-rian-johnson-frustrated-at-limited-theatrical-release-suggests-fans-call-up-their-local-theater-manager-to-ask-if-its-coming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rian Johnson has expressed frustration at the limited theatrical release of his new Benoit Blanc Netflix film, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[965,613,4625,2626,1251,10368,9866,10366,747,1034,140,782,2388,563,10367,10370,10371,10369,10365],"class_list":["post-13457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-call","tag-coming","tag-dead","tag-director","tag-fans","tag-frustrated","tag-johnson","tag-knives","tag-limited","tag-local","tag-man","tag-manager","tag-mystery","tag-release","tag-rian","tag-suggests","tag-theater","tag-theatrical","tag-wake","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}