Although Rian Johnson ‘s original whodunnit film has spawned a trilogy, he and producing partner Ram Bergman are hesitant to call Knives Out a franchise.

During Monday’s premiere of Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Trilogy , Bergman told Deadline “there’s no big picture” when it comes to the Netflix murder mystery films, each starring Daniel Craig as private investigator Benoit Blanc.

“We don’t really look at it as a franchise, we’re looking at it as each movie on its own,” he said on the red carpet at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. “And it doesn’t feel any different than working on any other movie with Rian.”

Bergman continued, “The idea is feeling like, before every movie, does the movie feel dangerous? Does this movie feel like a risk? Because if it’s not, what’

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