Church's starring role in Hollywood thriller

AN Essex church is one of the stars of the third instalment of the Knives Out series of films which is out at cinemas now and comes to Netflix on December 12.

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Holy Innocents Church in High Beech plays a starring role in the new Knives Out film

Essex has featured in many Hollywood blockbusters and TV shows in the past but now the spotlight has been shone on Holy Innocents Church in High Beech, Epping Forest.

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, written and directed by Rian Johnson and starring Daniel Craig, Glenn Close and Josh Brolin, was filmed at the Epping Forest church in 2024.

Holy Innocents church was chosen for its classic Gothic architecture and its proximity to woodland which helps capture the upstate New York setting.

Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) returns for his most dangerous case yet in the third and darkest chapter of Rian Johnson's murder mystery opus. When young priest Jud Duplenticy (Josh O'Connor) is sent to assist charismatic firebrand Monsignor Jefferson Wicks (Josh Brolin), it’s clear that all is not well in the pews.