Rian Johnson may not know many of the particulars of his third "Knives Out" whodunit as he's just recently begun writing it, but he does have an idea of where its setting will be.
"I want it to be in America," he revealed to Insider recently. "There's a lot of tempting things of going to — Paris or the Alps — but I feel it's really important that these are American movies."
The first movie in the murder-mystery franchise led by Daniel Craig as detective Benoit Blanc was set in a Massachusetts mansion. Though the second, "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery," is set on a private island in Greece, it mostly stars an American cast.
"Bringing it back to somewhere a little closer to home I think could be a good thing for the next one," Johnson said of the upcoming third movie.
After the success of 2019's "Knives Out," Netflix swooped in and bought the rights to the franchise from Lionsgate for reportedly over $400 million to make two sequels. "Glass Onion," which also stars Edward Norton, Kate Hudson, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., and Dave Bautista, is the first in that deal.
Johnson hopes to make the third movie in the next few years with Craig returning as Blanc alongside a new all-star cast.
"Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery" is available Friday on Netflix.
