Event Summary:

The Q&Agency (FKA Picturehouse 441) and ACE are proud to be partnering on a series of live virtual Q&As as part of our mutual efforts to promote media literacy. Join us for a Q&A with writer/producer/director Rian Johnson & editor Bob Ducsay, ACE, as they discuss their work on the 2025 mystery, Wake Up Dead Man. Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) returns for his most dangerous case yet in the third and darkest chapter of Rian Johnson’s murder mystery opus. When young priest Jud Duplenticy (Josh O’Connor) is sent to assist charismatic firebrand Monsignor Jefferson Wicks (Josh Brolin), it’s clear that all is not well in the pews. Wicks’s modest but devoted flock includes devout church lady Martha Delacroix (Glenn Close), circumspect groundskeeper Samson Holt (Thomas Haden Church), tightly wound lawyer Vera Draven (Kerry Washington), aspiring politician Cy Draven (Daryl McCormack), town doctor Nat Sharp (Jeremy Renner), bestselling author Lee Ross (Andrew Scott), and concert cellist Simone Vivane (Cailee Spaeny). After a sudden and seemingly impossible murder rocks the town, the lack of an obvious suspect prompts local police chief Geraldine Scott (Mila Kunis) to join forces with renowned detective Benoit Blanc to unravel a mystery that defies all logic. Academy Award–nominated filmmaker Rian Johnson writes and directs Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery and assembles another all-star, award-winning cast. This event will be a Live Zoom Webinar on Thursday, January 8 at 8PM ET/5PM PT with two encore livestreams to follow on Vimeo. Encore 1: Thursday, January 8 at 11PM ET/8PM PT Encore 2: Friday, January 9 at 1PM ET/10AM PT