Lionsgate will be partnering with MRC to distribute Rian Johnson’s (Looper, Star Wars: The Last Jedi) crime drama Knives Out, Deadline has confirmed.
Johnson has been a huge Agatha Christie fan for years, and for over a decade has been plotting his own murder mystery.
Craig committed to star in November after Danny Boyle suddenly left the Bond 25 project, and Johnson wrote the script and will be producing alongside partner Ram Bergman.
Johnson wrote the script for Knives Out, which has yet to release any kind of synopsis but is described as a modern-day murder mystery in the classic whodunit style, infused with Johnson’s original voice that informed films from Brick to Looper.