Daniel Craig and Rian Johnson are 'already' getting ideas for next Knives Out film

Daniel Craig and Rian Johnson are "already starting to formulate" ideas for another Knives Out.

The 57-year-old actor and 51-year-old filmmaker are both open to creating more adventures for detective Benoit Blanc after the release of a third Netflix film, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, which completes a two-sequel deal with the streamer.

Johnson told The Hollywood Reporter: "Creatively, I feel energised after making this one.

“Daniel and I are already starting to formulate … what could the next one be if we do another one?”

The writer and director loves getting to collaborate with a new ensemble on a fresh story for each film.

He added: "I don't know why I would stop doing it if we could keep making them."

Wake Up Dead Man - the third film in the series, following 2019's Knives Out and 2022's Glass Onion - follows Blanc as he investigates a Catholic church in upstate New York.

This time round, the movie boasts a cast including Mila Kunis, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Josh O'Connor, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny and Daryl McCormack.

Johnson recently admitted there is plenty of scope for more stories featuring Craig's sleuth.

He told Empire magazine: "I'm not sick of making these movies. I feel invigorated, if anything.

"I would be happy if Daniel and I kept doing other work, then coming back and making one of these every once in a while, for the rest of our lives. I'd be thrilled with that."

Elsewhere, Craig admitted that he didn't want to know who the murderer was when reading the script as he tries to see the story through the eyes of his character.

The former James Bond star said: "I read them, I suppose, like Benoit.

"I'm trying to get in Benoit's head. I don't read it wanting to know who the murderer is; I want to know what the whole is."

Rian had previously suggested that Wake Up Dead Man would be a "personal journey" for Craig's detective.

The filmmaker said: "He has the biggest personal journey in this one. Benoit has to engage with [the mystery] in a different way.

"He's in a very different place than in the previous two films.

"Daniel and I had a lot of fun thinking about where Blanc is at in his life. And I think he's going through some s***."