Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (titled onscreen as simply Glass Onion)
is a 2022 American mystery film written and directed by Rian Johnson
and produced by Johnson and Ram Bergman. It is a
standalone sequel to the 2019 film Knives Out, with Daniel Craig reprising his role as master detective Benoit Blanc as he takes on a new case revolving around tech billionaire Miles Bron (played by Edward Norton) and his closest friends. The ensemble
cast also includes Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Jessica Henwick, Madelyn Cline, Kate Hudson, and Dave Bautista.
Johnson had considered several films featuring the Benoit Blanc character before the first film's release. A sequel was greenlit by its original distributor Lionsgate in 2020, but in March 2021 Netflix bought the rights to two Knives Out sequels for $469 million. The cast signed on that May. Filming took place with a $40 million budget on the island of Spetses, Greece, in June and July 2021, and continued in Belgrade, Serbia, until September. The second sequel is in development as
of February 2023.
Tech billionaire Miles Bron invites his friends for a getaway on
his private Greek island. When someone turns up dead, Detective Benoit Blanc is put on the case.