Daniel Craig and Josh O'Connor in "Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery."

TORONTO — Benoit Blanc is back, and he's taking his Southern sleuthing skills to church. The new "Knives Out" film, titled "Wake Up Dead Man," is a strong evolution to the franchise, bringing Daniel Craig’s rational mystery-busting to the realm of the spiritual. After dissecting themes of greed through the lenses of family and tech opulence in the first two films, this time the focus is on the spiritual, building off the trope of the locked room mystery.

In an introduction to the film at the Toronto International Film Festival world premiere, director Rian Johnson explained that one of the things he loves about the mystery genre is the broad spectrum of storytelling........

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