32 of the Funniest Tweets from Friday, May 24, 2024
In 2019, the knives were brought out. Three years later, the glass was shattered. And in 2025, Benoit Blanc will tackle what’s being described as “his most dangerous case” yet. Netflix revealed that Rian Johnson’s third installation of the Knives Out series will be called Wake Up Dead Man. As part of the reveal, writer/director/mastermind Johnson professed his love of “malleable” whodunnits and exploring the “whole tonal spectrum from (John Dickinson) Carr to (Agatha) Christie.”
None of the ensemble cast surrounding Daniel Craig has been announced, but it’s likely we’ll see some combination of an up-and-coming talent, a powerhouse character actress and a name due for a resurgence. The film gets its title from a U2 track, whereas the previous two entries were named after Radiohead and Beatles songs respectively. Do with that what you may until Blanc returns.
When not fancasting the new Knives Out, the timeline found the time to fire off some more jokes. Today’s funniest tweets include those about the chaos of mixing things up, what happens when you build IKEA furniture without instructions and in-flight community building.