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It was announced last week that Daniel Craig will be reprising his role as Benoit Blanc in two upcoming sequels to Knives Out and now his massive payday has been revealed.

The upcoming movies will stream exclusively on Netflix after the company paid a huge amount money to secure the rights to the sequels.

When the news was announced, it was rumored that Netflix paid over $400 million to buy the two movies, but now THR has revealed the number is actually $469 million.

The new report also gave a breakdown of how that money will be spent, including paydays for Daniel, writer and director Rian Johnson, and producer Ram Bergman.

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The Knives Out franchise is expanding in a huge way!

Netflix is closing on a deal to make not one, but two sequels to the 2019 hit movie Knives Out, which would be directed by Rian Johnson and will star Daniel Craig once again, Deadline reported Wednesday (March 31).

Daniel Craig will reprise his role as Benoit Blanc. Rian wrote the original movie, and has written the sequels.

Sources say the deal will be worth more than $400 million, making it one of the biggest streamer movie deals in history.

While the news of a sequel was already known and reported earlier in 2020, it was not known that there was a bidding war between streamers. It appears that Netflix has won out in a huge deal.

The first film cost $40 million, and brought in a global gross of $311 million.

The first of the two planned sequels will begin shooting on June 28 in Greece, and casting for the movie will start soon.

One of the film’s big stars revealed they almost passed on the role.

Rian Johnson is opening up about the newly announced Knives Out sequel.

The director made an appearance at SiriusXM Hollywood Studios on Thursday (February 6) and spoke with SiriusXM’s Jess Cagle and Julia Cunningham on The Jess Cagle Show in Los Angeles.

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“I have to write it! Do you have any ideas?” he joked when asked about the plot of the new sequel.

He confirmed Daniel Craig will be back as Benoit Blanc.

“In my mind, I don’t even think of it in terms of a sequel…ever since we started working on this, I was like, look, if we can keep this going the same way Agatha Christie wrote a bunch of Poirot novels and do that with Blanc and keep making mysteries. Whole new cast, Whole new location, whole new mystery…there’s so many different things you can do with it,” he said.

When asked where it would be set, he simply joked: “Space.”

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Taika Waititi and Bong Joon-ho pose together with their awards while backstage at the 2020 Writers Guild of America Awards on Saturday (February 1) at Edison Ballroom in New York City.

Taika won the Best Adapted Screenplay award for Jojo Rabbit while Bong won the Best Original Screenplay award for Parasite. They’re now the favorites to the win the Oscars as well!

Also in the Best Adapted Screenplay category were Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster for A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Steven Zaillian for The Irishman, Todd Phillips and Scott Silver for Joker, and Greta Gerwig for Little Women.

Also in the Best Original Screenplay category were Sam Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns for 1917, Emily Halpern & Sarah Haskins and Susanna Fogel and Katie Silberman for Booksmart, Rian Johnson for Knives Out, and Noah Baumbach for Marriage Story.

Greta, Noah, Rian, and Katie were all at the east coast ceremony while Micah, Noah, and Steven attended the west coast ceremony. Kevin Bacon presented both awards in NY.

Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt step out for the annual luncheon in celebration of the 92nd Oscars in Hollywood on Monday afternoon (January 27).

The two nominated actors were joined by their Once Upon a Time in Hollywood director, Quentin Tarantino.

Other stars and directors in attendance were The Two Popes‘ Jonathan Pryce, The Irishman‘s Robert De Niro, Parasite‘s Bong Joon-Ho, Joker‘s Todd Phillips, and Jojo Rabbit‘s Taika Waititi.

1917‘s Sam Mendes, Dean-Charles Chapman, and George Mackay were also spotted inside the venue with Knives Out‘s Rian Johnson.

The 2020 Oscars will take place on Sunday, February 9.

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Halsey and Noah Centineo both attend the Saturday Night Live after-party!

The 25-year-old Manic singer and the 23-year-old The Perfect Date actor stepped out for the event held on Saturday (January 25) in New York City.

Halsey, who was the musical guest on the show that night, donned a colorful printed dress with a black jacket and pointy, heeled black booties.

She stopped to snap photos and sign autographs for fans on her way inside.

Noah Centineo flashed a big grin while spotting the cameras.

Also attending the party were more SNL cast and crew members as well as filmmaker Rian Johnson.

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Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen keep close as they arrive at the BAFTA Los Angeles Tea Party on Saturday afternoon (January 4) at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles.

The 43-year-old actress kept things chic in an all black outfit while the 48-year-old actor looked cool in a striped shirt and plaid pants for the event.

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Other stars at the event included Grey’s Anatomy actress Camilla Luddington, Russian Doll actor Charlie Barnett, Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce star Lisa Edelstein, and Suits actress Abigail Spencer.

Also in attendance were Knives Out director Rian Johnson, Joker director Todd Phillips, Uncut Gems directors Benny and Josh Safdie, Bombshell director Jay Roach, and Judy director Rupert Goold.

FYI: Isla is wearing a Haney outfit. Lisa is wearing Nicole Rose earrings, a Laura Caspi bracelet and necklace.

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