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Daryl McCormack Boards ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’


'Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery' has added rising Irish actor Daryl McCormack to its cast led by Daniel Craig, Deadline can confirm.

The series of launched with Johnson’s 2019 whodunit of the same name, starring Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Christopher Plummer and more, which grossed over $310 million worldwide. Following the popularity of the first film, which landed an Oscar nomination for its screenplay, Netflix acquired the rights to produce two sequels for $450 million — the first of which, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, was released in 2022. Best known for starring opposite Emma Thompson in the acclaimed Sundance dramedy Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, which was released through Hulu by Searchlight, McCormack is a BAFTA-nominated Irish actor otherwise best known for turns on series like The Woman in the Wall, Bad Sisters and Peaky Blinders.

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