Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rian Johnson breaks into an impish smile and rubs his hands together as he prepares to lay out how he pulled off the “perfectly ...

Oscar-nominated writer-director explains why his latest whodunit didn't start with a mystery — and what makes costar Josh O'Connor so "suspicious" in real life. While the first two installments owed a ...

The "Knives Out" director of photography tells IndieWire about his decades-long collaboration with director Rian Johnson. “I’m super lucky to have had [Johnson] bring me along for the ride because it ...

Where do you start writing a murder mystery? Do you have the final act reveal pinned down before you flesh out the characters and how it all kicks off? Not, it turns out, if your Knives Out ...

Watching Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, the third film in the Knives Out detective series, it’s hard to escape the notion that writer-director Rian Johnson is playing his career on hard mode.

Rian Johnson attends Rian Johnson In Conversation – "Wake Up Dead Man" at 92NY on December 09, 2025 in New York City (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images) Rian Johnson was “zero spooked” by some of the dismal ...

After the action-packed three-episode premiere, Peacock's road-tripping detective series starring Lyonne from creator Johnson stays parked in mystery-of-the-week storytelling. By Jackie Strause ...

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The Oscar-nominated writer-director spills all on the creation of his latest Benoit Blanc mystery, from adding Easter eggs to avoiding red herrings. Rian Johnson breaks into an impish smile and rubs ...