This 'Knives Out' & Marvel Theory Has Always Revealed The Killer

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Turns out, you don’t have to have the world-class deduction skills of Benoit Blanc to crack the Knives Out mysteries right off the bat — all it takes is a bit of pattern recognition. Now that the third movie in the detective saga, Wake Up Dead Man, has been released, fans have pointed out an unexpected connection between all of the villains and killers in each film. It’s been so accurate up to this point, that once the cast list for a potential Knives Out 4 is announced, you can make a safe bet about who the secret murderer will be.

Spoiler alert: This post will spoil the mysteries of Knives Out, Glass Onion, and Wake Up Dead Man.

The theory is pretty simple: If an actor who starred in a Marvel movie shows up, then they will be revealed to be a villain. It’s unclear if this is some personal vendetta director Rian Johnson has against Marvel, or just a very bizarre coincidence, b...