A Quiet Place star, director, and co-writer John Krasinski will be writing the upcoming sequel, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The highly-anticipated follow-up is scheduled to arrive in theaters on May 15, 2020.
Krasinski spoke at a Q&A in Los Angeles yesterday at the Silver Screen Theatre, saying that he initially told Paramount to do the sequel with somebody else since he “had this small idea for a sequel, but I didn’t think it would go anywhere.”
“They heard some pitches, and I told [Andrew Form, producer] about this little idea,” said Krasinski. “And he told me to think about it a little longer. And then I thought, ‘This might really work.’ So, I’m currently writing the sequel.”
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Krasinski also revealed the rewrite he did for the first A Quiet Place, which was written by Bryan Woods and Scott Beck. Krasinski explained that the movie was originally supposed to reveal the death of the youngest child in flashbacks, but Krasinski wanted to include that prologue as a way to introduce the world of A Quiet Place, instead of first being introduced to the family on the farm.
From Paramount Pictures, A Quiet Place opened in theaters on April 6, 2018, and grossed over $334 million worldwide on a $17 million dollar budget.
The film was directed by John Krasinski, who starred opposite his real-life wife Emily Blunt. Noah Jupe (Suburbicon, Wonder) and Millicent Simmonds (Wonderstruck) round out the cast.
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.
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.
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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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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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Emily Blunt plays Evelyn Abbott in A QUIET PLACE, from Paramount Pictures.
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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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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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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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