With A Quiet Place proving to be a box office hit earlier this year, plans for a sequel are already underway with a 2020 release date. Information about what to expect from A Quiet Place 2 is very little, but in speaking with Entertainment Weekly stars John Krasinski and Emily Blunt, the former of whom also directed the film, teased some of the ideas that could be at play, with Blunt suggesting that the follow-up might actually be a bit of a prequel as well.
“In some ways, the idea of seeing who these people were before this all happened would be interesting, but I’m not quite sure because I think actually it’s now what’s the next chapter and what happens next,” Blunt said. “I think people feel very invested in this family…. I think it’s such an open book right now, and certainly for John who is lasering into something as we speak.”
Krasinski had previously spoken about his initial reluctance to come back for a sequel, but was won over by the potential in what they could explore. “This is a world you can play in, this isn’t just a character to remake…. it’s actually a world, which is a whole different, very unique experience. It’s not like Alien or Jaws where the main villain is the thing you’re repeating; it’s an actual entire set of rules and the circumstance that the world has undergone that you can play in very different facets.”
Paramount has set a May 15th 2020 release date for A Quiet Place 2, and it’s yet to be confirmed whether Krasinski will be back in the director’s chair although he is writing the script.
In the modern horror thriller A QUIET PLACE, 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.
A Quiet Place sees John Krasinski directing and starring alongside Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds and Noah Jupe.
