About fifty films and series are preparing to leave the Netflix catalog for good at the end of May. Among them is the film At loggerheads. In this crime thriller from Rian Johnson, writer Harlan Thrombey (played by the late Christopher Plummer) is found dead, with his throat slit, in his home. The members of his family and their loved ones, whom he had invited the day before his death, meet in his luxurious residence, while the investigation, led by Lieutenant Elliott and Agent Wagner, takes its course. While Linda Drysdale, the writer’s daughter, and her husband Richard are questioned by the two police officers, detective Benoit Blanc, hired anonymously to investigate the case, observes everything carefully… you only have a few weeks left to (re)watch this excellent detective film on Netflix before it disappears on Wednesday May 31.
At loggerheads 2 : a sequel to be found on Netflix
Netflix subscribers will be able to console themselves with its sequel, Glass Onion: a story at loggerheads, released in December 2022. In the midst of a health crisis, five mysterious wooden boxes are shipped to Claire Debella, Birdie Jay, Lionel Toussaint, Duke Cody and Whiskey, longtime friends of billionaire Miles Bron. This year, the owner of Alpha Industries has invited his relatives to his private island in Greece where he will organize an investigation game centered on his fictional murder. At the same time, a young woman and the famous private detective Benoit Blanc received the same box. The latter, never lacking in investigations, makes the decision to go to Greece to elucidate a mystery involving the billionaire and his friends. In the cast, we find the charismatic Daniel Craig, who took over his role of detective Benoit Blanc. The ex-James Bond stars opposite Edward Norton, Kathryn Hahn, Kate Hudson, Leslie Odom Jr, Dave Bautista and Madelyn Cline in one of the most viewed films in Netflix history.
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At loggerheads : a third part confirmed
Even before the second detective film was released on the American platform, filmmaker Rian Johnson had confirmed the development of a third opus. “I’m now starting to work on the third film, and what excites me most creatively is that I don’t have to replicate the last film at all. The goal is to commit to a whole new direction, both in tone and theme”he revealed to the media Variety. For the time, the cast and the release date of the film At loggerheads 3 are unknown. We can however assume that the film with Daniel Craig will be unveiled during the year 2024.
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