John Krasinski’s post apocalyptic horror franchise continues to expand. On the occasion of CinemaCon the prequel of A Quiet Place was announced, film released in 2018 and proved to be a great success with critics and audiences.
A Quiet Place prequel announced
Regan (Millicent Simmonds) and Emmett (Cillian Murphy) brave the unknown in “A Quiet Place Part II.”
It will be called A Quiet Place: Day One and will lay the foundations for a new cinematic universe with different characters and settings than in previous iterations. Michael Sarnosk will take care of iti after Jeff Nichols decided to leave the project. The prequel will hit theaters next year, but a specific date has not yet been announced.
Paramount confirms next year’s #QuietPlace movie will be a prequel & it’s called A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE. #CinemaCon pic.twitter.com/2VFXVlykQz
– Erik Davis (@ErikDavis) April 28, 2022
In addition to this spinoff, which was rumored to exist a year ago, Paramount is working on the third installment of A Quiet Place scheduled for 2025. Krasinski will return on board the project as a producer, but will not be actively involved as in the previous ones. movie.
At Quiet Place brought the story of the Abbott family to the big screen, intent on surviving in a post-apocalyptic world dominated by sightless, but sensitive hearing, alien predators. The sequel, released in 2021, instead introduced new characters including Emmett, played by Cillian Murphy. They also returned to the cast Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds and Noah Jupe.
Against a budget of 17 million dollars, At Quiet Place grossed over $ 300 million at the box office, making it a commercial hit for Paramount. It is not surprising, therefore, that the major has decided to bet strongly to create a franchise.
John Krasinski was initially very reluctant to make a sequel, but decided to tell a new story with the idea of ​​extending the parenting metaphor to explore that natural transformation that occurs when your children leave home safety for. go out into the world.
