Knives Out Is Basically Clue, But With Chris Evans

Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson is taking his talents in a very different direction.


you may think his next project is a sci-fi epic, or at least set in the stars. It actually has nothing to do with either one of these things. What Johnson has created is – are you ready for it? - A new version of what's essentially Clue, with Chris Evans...And a whole disaster of other celebrities.


We're not joking. Check out this crazy lineup. It's like The Dead Don't Die all over again: Katherine Langford, Daniel Craig, Lakeith Stanfield. Jamie Lee Curtis, Ana de Armas, Michael Shannon, Toni Collette, Don Johnson, Frank Oz, Riki Lindhome, Christopher Plummer, and that's just to name a number of. It's a veritable smorgasbord of star power up in there.


Nevertheless what's it all about? Without getting into the gory specifics, it looks like Johnson has crafted an intriguing murder mystery "whodunit" saga that will length the investigation of a large (and dysfunctional) family member right following the passing of a novelist – murder, natch. And for interested parties, this marks the initial film credit Chris Evans will have had since Avengers: Endgame – and you also know you hope to follow him wherever he goes, right?

The zaniness is set to go down on November 27. That shows you've got a number of months left to delve into old detective stories, visualize Detective Pikachu, and check out the classics before diving into Johnson's take on the genre. You'll need every bit of know-how could muster in the event you hope to solve the mystery before the stars do...Like how did all these stars get packed into one movie, and can we have more of those ensemble cast films, please?