The Hollywood Reporter brings word that Cillian Murphy (Batman Begins, 28 Days Later) has entered talks to join the cast of the sequel to A Quiet Place. Murphy joins Emily Blunt and stars Millicent Simmonds and Noah Jupe for the sequel, described as “a man with mysterious intentions who joins the family unit.”
John Krasinski will return to write and direct the film, having stepped into the director’s chair and in front of the camera for the first movie.
In the modern horror thriller, a family of four must navigate their lives in silence after mysterious creatures that hunt by sound threaten their survival. If they hear you, they hunt you. The film has minimal dialogue, because silence is survival.
The upcoming sequel is expected to have a bigger budget for the compared to the first film, which only cost around $17 million to make and grossed over $340 million globally.
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A Quiet Place is produced by Michael Bay (Transformers) and his Platinum Dunes partners Andrew Form and Brad Fuller (Ouija, The Purge, Texas Chainsaw Massacre), from a spec script by Bryan Woods & Scott Beck which was rewritten by Krasinski. The sequel is currently slated to hit theaters on May 15, 2020.
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John Krasinski plays Lee Abbott in A QUIET PLACE, from Paramount Pictures.
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Millicent Simmonds plays Regan Abbott in A QUIET PLACE, from Paramount Pictures.
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Left to right: Millicent Simmonds plays Regan Abbott and John Krasinski plays Lee Abbott in A QUIET PLACE, from Paramount Pictures.
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Left to right: Noah Jupe plays Marcus Abbott and John Krasinski plays Lee Abbott in A QUIET PLACE, from Paramount Pictures.
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A Quiet Place
Left to right: Noah Jupe plays Marcus Abbott and John Krasinski plays Lee Abbott in A QUIET PLACE, from Paramount Pictures.
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A Quiet Place
Emily Blunt plays Evelyn Abbott in A QUIET PLACE, from Paramount Pictures.
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A Quiet Place
Left to right: John Krasinski plays Lee Abbott and Noah Jupe plays Marcus Abbott in A QUIET PLACE, from Paramount Pictures.
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A Quiet Place
John Krasinski plays Lee Abbott in A QUIET PLACE, from Paramount Pictures.
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A Quiet Place
Left to right: John Krasinski plays Lee Abbott and Noah Jupe plays Marcus Abbott in A QUIET PLACE, from Paramount Pictures.
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A Quiet Place
Left to right: Emily Blunt plays Evelyn Abbott and Millicent Simmonds plays Regan Abbott in A QUIET PLACE, from Paramount Pictures.
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A Quiet Place
Emily Blunt plays Evelyn Abbott in A QUIET PLACE, from Paramount Pictures.
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A Quiet Place
Left to right: Emily Blunt plays Evelyn Abbott and Millicent Simmonds plays Regan Abbott in A QUIET PLACE, from Paramount Pictures.
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A Quiet Place
Noah Jupe plays Marcus Abbott in A QUIET PLACE, from Paramount Pictures.
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A Quiet Place
John Krasinski plays Lee Abbott in A QUIET PLACE, from Paramount Pictures.
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A Quiet Place
Millicent Simmonds plays Regan Abbott in A QUIET PLACE, from Paramount Pictures.
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A Quiet Place
Noah Jupe plays Marcus Abbott in A QUIET PLACE, from Paramount Pictures.
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A Quiet Place
John Krasinski plays Lee Abbott in A QUIET PLACE, from Paramount Pictures.
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A Quiet Place
Left to right: Emily Blunt plays Evelyn Abbott and and John Krasinski plays Lee Abbott in A QUIET PLACE from Paramount Pictures.
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A Quiet Place
Emily Blunt plays Evelyn Abbott plays Lee Abbott in A QUIET PLACE from Paramount Pictures.
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A Quiet Place
Left to right: Noah Jupe plays Marcus Abbott and Millicent Simmonds plays Regan Abbott in A QUIET PLACE, from Paramount Pictures.
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A Quiet Place
Left to right: Noah Jupe plays Marcus Abbott, John Krasinski plays Lee Abbott, Emily Blunt plays Evelyn Abbott and Millicent Simmonds plays Regan Abbott in A QUIET PLACE, from Paramount Pictures.
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A Quiet Place
Left to right: Noah Jupe plays Marcus Abbott, Millicent Simmonds plays Regan Abbott and John Krasinski plays Lee Abbott in A QUIET PLACE, from Paramount Pictures.
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A Quiet Place
Emily Blunt plays Evelyn Abbott in A QUIET PLACE, from Paramount Pictures.
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Left to right: Director/Writer/Executive Producer John Krasinski, Emily Blunt and Noah Jupe on the set of A QUIET PLACE, from Paramount Pictures.
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Left to right: Director of Photography Charlotte Bruus Christensen, Emily Blunt and Director/Writer/Executive Producer John Krasinski on the set of A QUIET PLACE, from Paramount Pictures.
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Left to right: Visual Effects Supervisor Scott Farrar, Director/Writer/Executive Producer John Krasinski, Script Supervisor Dianne Dreyer and Producer Andrew Form on the set of A QUIET PLACE, from Paramount Pictures.
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Director/Writer/Executive Producer John Krasinski on the set of A QUIET PLACE, from Paramount Pictures.
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Left to right: Noah Jupe, Millicent Simmonds and Director/Writer/Executive Producer John Krasinski on the set of A QUIET PLACE, from Paramount Pictures.
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Emily Blunt plays Evelyn Abbott in A QUIET PLACE, from Paramount Pictures.
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