Glass Onion A Knives Out Mystery European movie premiere to close London film festival

‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ to close BFI London Film Festival 2022

The European premiere of Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery will close the 66th BFI London Film Festival (LFF) on Sunday, October 16. The selection means Netflix is behind both the opening and closing films of this year’s festival

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It has been confirmed that the European Premiere of GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY will close the 66th BFI London Film Festival.

The 66th BFI London Film Festival (5-16 October) in partnership with American Express is thrilled to announce that this year’s Closing Night Gala.

MarkMeets.com can confirm filmmaker Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, starring Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr, Jessica Henwick and Madelyn Cline with Kate Hudson and Dave Bautista all in attendance.

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The film will receive its European Film Premiere on Sunday 16th October at the Southbank Centre in the Royal Festival Hall, ahead of its release into UK cinemas and subsequent launch on Netflix.

There will also be simultaneous preview screenings of the film taking place at additional cinemas across the UK.

European Premiere of GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY To Close 66th BFI London Film Festival

In the follow-up to Rian Johnson’s 2018 Knives Out, Daniel Craig reprises the role of master sleuth, Detective Benoit Blanc, travelling to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery involving a new cast of colourful suspects. Both films were produced by Johnson and Ram Bergman, who will also be in attendance, under their T-Street banner, and the previous film earned Johnson an Academy Award® nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.

“I’m thrilled to be back at LFF with Glass Onion, and it’s an honour to be closing the festival. A proper whodunnit really does belong in London, so it feels a bit like coming home!” said Johnson in a statement released earlier today.

“Rian Johnson’s Knives Out was a major hit when we hosted the European Premiere at the Festival in 2019.” says Tricia Tuttle, BFI London Film Festival Director. “Our audiences adored the film’s wit and that it tipped its very stylish hat to the wonderful tradition of British onscreen sleuths. And here, Rian Johnson strikes gold again with the help of the year’s hottest ensemble cast. Like its predecessor, Glass Onion is entertaining and culturally literate in equal measure, making some hilarious, razor sharp observations about the world we live in. The European Premiere of the Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery will bring the house down as the Closing Gala of the 66^th BFI London Film Festival!”

Rian Johnson, Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Leslie Odom Jr., Kate Hudson and Madelyn Cline will be in attendance with other names soon to be confirmed.

The BFI London Film Festival hosted the European Premiere of Knives Out at the Festival in 2019 as the American Express Gala with Rian Johnson and his cast on the red carpet in London’s Leicester Square to the delight of UK audiences.

The 66^th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express takes place from Wednesday 5 October – Sunday 16 October, 2022. The BFI LFF Programme Launch will take place on Thursday 1 September, 2022.

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