Reposting this because I revamped my site and the link changed. Added the script for Wake Up Dead Man to my site. This is the final shooting script, it has stuff that was cut and moved around, which I think is more interesting than a conformed cleaned up version. Enjoy! rian-johnson.com/scripts

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I dug into a delightful Thursday puzzle in today’s NYT Wordplay column. Puzzle spoilers ahoy. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/c...

Love and condolences to you, Casey. ❤️

I don’t think the scene lasted in the cut long enough to be scored, pretty sure it was temp cut together by Joe Bonn our music editor.

The Arts & Faith Ecumenical Jury -- 2025 - Arts & Faith This annual Arts & Faith project enters its second decade this year, making it an apt time to summarize its purpose and methodology. The jury attempts to identify ten films released or distributed in ...

Wake Up Dead Man grabs the #1 spot on the Arts & Faith Ecumenical Jury for the year's best films recommended to Christian audiences. Congrats to @rianjohnson.bsky.social

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Always love my conversations with Jesse, and this was a great one.

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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)

little #knivesout out piece w/ marta, helen, and father jud 💕 ty @rianjohnson.bsky.social for making my fav movie series :)

Rian Johnson Breaks Down a Scene From 'Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery' | Vanity Fair YouTube video by Vanity Fair

Hey. I directed @rianjohnson.bsky.social’s WAKE UP DEAD MAN Notes of a Scene for @vanityfair.com and which I basically co-opted so I could talk to Rian about writing murder mysteries. (Filmed at the Toronto International Film Fesrival 9/7/25)

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#WakeUpDeadMan is now on Netflix, and is still in 500 theaters nationwide this week! See my pinned post for a theater finder link. ⏰💀🪦🍿🎟️

Rian Johnson's Closet Picks YouTube video by CRITERION

Check out some of @rianjohnson.bsky.social great Closet Picks on the Criterion Channel! ✨ And also bringing his own copy of a movie 👀

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Had a blast talking to @rianjohnson.bsky.social about Ernst Lubitsch’s Trouble In Paradise (1932) on the @90minfilmfest.bsky.social podcast 🎙️ pod.fo/e/364a30

We’re up! On NETFLIX! Please enjoy #WakeUpDeadMan at home or in theaters - we’re staying on 500 screens nationwide through next week. Theater finder link in my pinned post ☠️⏰🎄

I love a good mid-week movie. Chill vibes. And oh, hey, #WakeUpDeadMan is in theaters! See my pinned post for a theater finder link. We drop Friday on Netflix ⏰☠️🪦

It’s a beautiful Tuesday to go to the movies! #WakeUpDeadMan is in theaters nationwide and drops on Netflix on Friday. See my pinned post for a theater finder link

I know, I’m sorry and I’m just as frustrated as you it’s not in more theaters. We really tried.

Or he’s just really going through some shit the past 7 years

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. (L-R) Director of Photography Steve Yedlin and Writer/Director Rian Johnson on the set of Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. Cr. John Wilson/Netflix © 2025

For @ebertvoices.bsky.social, had a spiritual conversation with @rianjohnson.bsky.social about WAKE UP DEAD MAN. We talked faith, studio notes, finding his own road to Damascus, why Josh O’Connor is the modern Jimmy Stewart, how cinema became his church, and more 📽️
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If you're near Chicago and the suburbs, Classic Cinemas is still playing it at most of their locations--which is how I got to see it!

Our gorgeous #WakeUpDeadMan end credit portraits, painted from life by Isabella Watling. We’re still in theaters, see my pinned post for a theater finder!

Rian Johnson's Explains How His Religious Upbringing Inspired 'Wake Up Dead Man' Rian Johnson reveals that Daniel Craig turned him on to Josh O'Connor and why the Knives Out movies are intentionally not timeless

Had a great conversation with @rianjohnson.bsky.social about how his religious upbringing influenced Wake Up Dead Man, Daniel Craig recommending Josh O'Connor, Glen Close's already underrated performance, and much more

Paris Theater - THE GAME IS AFOOT: A Blanc Slate of Whodunnits WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY, A Rian Johnson Whodunnit, is Now Playing at the Paris on 35mm, On Netflix December 12

Announcing The Game is Afoot: A Blanc Slate of Whodunnits!

A repertory series of some of cinema’s most deliciously confounding murder mysteries, chosen by filmmaker @rianjohnson.bsky.social complete with recorded intros before each screening, Dec 10 – Feb 21.

Select screenings on 35mm & 70mm!

Love hearing this! 🙏🏻

It’s a beautiful Monday to be in movie theaters! Thanks to all who came out this weekend - spread the good word, we’re just getting started. Theater finder link in my pinned post ⏰💀🎟️🙌🏻#WakeUpDeadMan

Thanks! Not sure but I love a good wintery mystery (and a year from now when I’m freezing on set I’ll look back on this exchange and shake my head)

Murder at the Vicarage & Whose Body 🙌🏻