Daniel Craig doesn't show up until 40 minutes into Wake Up Dead Man, and there's a legit reason why Rian Johnson wrote it that way – even if he was a little scared to do so

Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc in Wake Up Dead Man.

Despite being the dapperly-dressed glue that holds the Knives Out movies together, Daniel Craig's Benoit Blanc doesn't show up in upcoming sequel Wake Up Dead Man until 40 minutes in – and if you're a bit gutted by that news, writer-director Rian Johnson suggests you take it up with one of history's most iconic whodunnit writers.

"It's [got] a much more traditional murder mystery structure than the first two. I mean, this is kind of how most of Agatha Christie's books work," Johnson explains to GamesRadar+ in the run-up to the Netflix film's limited theatrical release. "In the first act, you meet all the suspects, then the murder happens, and then the detective shows up. So this was kind of going back to basics; I thought it could be interesting to do that.