For your reading pleasure, please enjoy an extended excerpt of our cover story interview with writer/director Rian Johnson as he discusses creating Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery from Backstory Magazine’s latest issue!
Plus, keep scrolling to read the entire screenplay!
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And here’s Rian Johnson’s Wake Up Dead Man screenplay, use the arrow buttons at the bottom of each script page to read it.
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