KnivesOut director Rian Johnson has heard the ideas for a Muppets crossover, but has explained how such a thing would change his movies. 'As much as I take the murder mystery genre seriously, I take the genre of a Muppet movie seriously...'
Rian Johnson explains how doing a Knives Out crossover with The Muppets changes the overall tone and mood of the film. Audiences were thrilled by the original, yet old-fashioned, murder mystery movie from director Johnson and starring Daniel Craig as the eloquent and intelligent detective Benoit Blanc. Both Knives Out and its Netflix exclusive sequel Glass Onion, do an impeccable job layering mystery over mystery and mixing humor and drama into the story to enliven the characters.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY The idea of seeing the character of Blanc interacting with the chaotic puppet troupe has reached Johnson. While speaking with Netflix's Tudum blog, Johnson spoke about the bizarre Knives Out and Muppets crossover idea and came to the simple conclusion that while it is definitely amusing, such a thing would be difficult to pull off.
It's a joke that I thought was pretty brilliant, and I ended up really giving [it] some serious thought... As much as I take the murder mystery genre seriously, I take the genre of a Muppet movie seriously... I think those two things have very different rules. You can either have a Benoit Blanc mystery that has Muppets in it, but they'll feel out of place. Or you can have a Muppet movie that Benoit Blanc is in, but it'll feel like a Muppet movie.
It would also be nearly impossible for such a crossover to happen between the two just from a rights standpoint. The Muppets, and the Jim Henson Company for that matter, are owned by Disney while the Knives Out films are currently being produced exclusively by Netflix.
While it doesn't look like there will be a Knives Out crossover with The Muppets anytime soon, both franchises can still be enjoyed on their own. Audiences will no doubt be happy to know that Knives Out 3 is currently being written with both Johnson and Craig excited to potentially make more movies afterwards. The Muppets, whom Disney has been trying to revive in one form or another, are going to come back with a Disney+ series that focuses on the band The Electric Mayhem.
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