Paramount Pictures recently confirmed the title of the new spin-off during a sizzle reel at CinemaCon, and it suggests we might have a prequel on our hands.
Titled A Quiet Place: Day One, the newest instalment in the franchise will be directed by Pig's Michael Sarnoski, who boarded the project following Loving's Jeff Nichols' exit.
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While the film's plot and cast are currently wrapped in secrecy, its title could be a hint of what to expect, suggesting that the story will follow the early days of the alien invasion on earth that allowed creatures who are sensitive to sound to walk amongst humans.
So far, the only glimpse that the movies have given into the initial invasion has been in the form of the opening scenes of A Quiet Place: Part II last year.
The film continued to follow Regan (Emily Blunt) and her family as they were forced to venture into the outside world after the traumatic events of the first movie.
The sci-fi horror saw Blunt team up with the likes of Peaky Blinders' Cillian Murphy, Djimon Hounsou, Millicent Simmonds and Noah Jupe to deliver another heart-racing adventure.
And like its predecessor, it was once more a commercial success, earning a follow-up – A Quiet Place Part III – and now a prequel.
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While the prequel has brought a different director on board to lead the project, the third movie – due to be released in 2025 – will see John Krasinski take on the role of director once again.
The actor-turned-director previously admitted that he had never thought of a sequel when he was writing the first film, let alone a series of them.
"I never thought that there would be a sequel," he had said at the time. "So then when I actually came around to writing the sequel, I started with the fires.
"And so this time, I think when my brain started wondering [about questions like], 'What would this mean later on?' I started to write down notes in case I could prepare myself for a third one."
John Krasinski has seen a lot of success with his “A Quiet Place” movies and the original sci-fi horror idea hatched by the actor/director has developed into a franchise at Paramount in a very short period of time. The studio is keen on expanding the universe as the third chapter starring Emily Blunt is expected to be released in 2025 and a separate spinoff feature film is on deck too.
Some new clues have dropped about that spinoff and where it takes place within the timeline.
Paramount has announced at CinemaCon 2022 in Las Vegas this week that their spinoff to “A Quiet Place” that has Michael Sarnoski (“Pig“) attached to direct will be titled, “A Quiet Place: Day One.” Going by the title, the film will be a prequel that may explain the origins of the sound-sensitive creatures.
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You may remember that Sarnoski took over directing duties after Jeff Nichols (“Midnight Special“) exited to pursue his own sci-fi film at Paramount instead.
We’re still waiting on further announcements about who will direct Blunt in “A Quiet Place III,” even if there is a good shot Krasinski will simply do it himself.
“A Quiet Place: Day One” is slated to be released on September 22, 2023, which would suggest that Paramount will want to get cameras rolling before the end of the year. I guess we’ll have to stay tuned for cast announcements and further plot details.
In A Quiet Place, deadly monsters who hunt by sound ravage the world in a shockingly quick timeline. The first movie in the series establishes that the Abbott family is living a year into the horrific phenomenon. Thanks to the release of A Quiet Place II, the A Quiet Place timeline has been further fleshed out, providing people with more insight as to what happened. As of now, the franchise is expanding past the first two films. A Quiet Place 3 is set to come out in 2025, as John Krasinski announced. In addition, a prequel/spinoff is coming in 2023, helmed by Nicolas Cage's Pig director Michael Sarnoski.
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Thanks to the fact that they already know sign language because of their deaf daughter Regan (Millicent Simmonds), the Abbott family can live in relative peace for the first year of the invasion. Evelyn (Emily Blunt) homeschools their children Marcus (Noah Jupe) and Regan, while preparing for baby number 3, as Lee (John Krasinski) tries to solve the mystery behind the arrival of the monsters that killed his other son Beau. The first movie in the Quiet Place series chronicles a day in which the Abbotts' luck runs out, and Lee sacrifices himself so Regan and Marcus can escape with their lives. The movie ends with Evelyn and her children killing a group of the monsters after they finally found their weakness.
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A Quiet Place Part II provides a little context to the story that the first movie laid out. But for the most part, its focus is on expanding its universe with brand new characters. But the second movie does make one thing sure outside its monster invasion — this is Regan's story. Here's the A Quiet Place timeline explained, and news on the upcoming franchise's latest projects.
A Quiet Place Part II's Opening Sequence
The A Quiet Place timeline takes viewers back to the moment of the alien invasion in Part II, meaning that Krasinski's Lee temporarily returns in the series. The movie shows that the Abbotts lived in a small, tight-knit community. It was the kind of town that gathered for a little league baseball game, as they did for one of Marcus' in this opening scene. While Marcus is up to bat, he and the crowd notice a flaming object falling from the sky. As people disperse, the monsters introduced in A Quiet Place descend on the townspeople. The family splits up as Evelyn and Lee take two separate cars to the game. It's important to note that Regan opts to go with her father. The last time audiences saw the father and daughter duo, their relationship was tense. But A Quiet Place Part II's opening sequence proves that they were once incredibly close. Seeing the two of them together on good terms just makes Lee's eventual sacrifice, and what that loss means to the rest of the family, especially Regan, all the more devastating.
Beau Abbott's Death
The death of the Abbotts' youngest child Beau takes place early in the timeline of the invasion, about a few months before the first movie's events. Marcus is sick, so the family carefully makes its way into town, hoping to scavenge medicine from the picked-over convenience store. He picks up a toy rocket ship, but Lee immediately reprimands him, as the toy would make too much noise. Regan, trying to be a good big sister, grabs the toy for Beau when Lee isn't looking. As Beau is too young to understand the ramifications of his actions, he turns on the toy on their walk home. One of the alien monsters grabs and kills Beau before Lee can get to him. The Abbotts make a memorial site for Beau to honor him, marking 2020 as the year of his death. It's the only indicator of exactly when the movie series takes place. The impact of Beau's death so early within the A Quiet Place timeline is felt throughout the rest of the series, mainly through Regan's now-strained relationship with her father.
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The rest of the A Quiet Place timeline jumps forward slightly, placing the Abbotts in 2021 and still reeling from Beau's death. The movie picks up on an average day in the life of the Abbotts in their new normal. Evelyn is heavily pregnant and taking care of their two older children. Lee desperately tries to make contact with any survivors and hopes to make improvements to Regan's cochlear implant. But despite the work he's doing for her, Lee and Regan's relationship is strained. As Regan gave Beau the toy that eventually led to his death, she blames herself for the incident. She feels that Lee also blames her.
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When Lee takes Marcus fishing, and Regan sneaks off to visit Beau's memorial, Evelyn goes into labor. She accidentally makes a noise, attracting the monsters to the house when she's at her most vulnerable. While the Abbott family is in a panic to reunite and save Evelyn, the kids are cornered by monsters. Lee yells out, sacrificing himself so the kids can escape to their mother with their lives. Seconds before his death, Lee makes sure to sign to Regan that he has always loved her. Once the kids find their way back to their mom, they realize that the feedback from Regan's implants distresses the monsters and weakens them for just enough time for Evelyn to shoot them. A Quiet Place ends with the surviving Abbotts luring the monsters to their basement, knowing there is finally a way to kill them.
This portion of the timeline set the stage for an important chapter in the Abbotts' lives. For one, they'd have to learn how to get on without their patriarch Lee. Second, the fact that they discovered the monsters' weakness is an absolute gamechanger. When A Quiet Place was released, it was initially marketed as a standalone feature. The sequel's announcement only came after the horror movie became a massive success. But with the story officially being expanded, the Abbotts' discovery could eventually be the key to ending the crisis that the invasion started and finally getting back to some semblance of a normal life.
A Quiet Place Part II
After its opening sequence, A Quiet Place Part II launches to the current day. It picks up mere seconds after the first movie ends. In A Quiet Place, Lee lit a signal fire every night to survivors in neighboring areas. After losing him, Evelyn, Marcus, and Regan set off to find anyone on the other side of one of those flames. They happen to run into former acquaintance Emmett (Cillian Murphy), who begrudgingly takes the family in temporarily. The rest of the movie's events take place over a few days at the most. Regan breaks off on her own to find help, and Emmett tracks her down and eventually accompanies her. Evelyn and an injured Marcus stay behind. The movie ends with Regan and Emmett reaching a working radio station, meaning that they can blast the feedback from her implants and weaken the monsters. How many of them the devastating soundtrack will reach remains to be seen, but after years of being nearly defenseless against the aliens, humanity can finally begin to fight back.
Lee's last words to Regan gave her the courage to risk her life and try to help others. She was sullen in the first movie, due to her anger, guilt, and sadness over the loss of Beau. But after seeing what Lee did for her and Marcus, she knew he'd want her to do the same thing. So once Regan found an opportunity to potentially save other people in A Quiet Place Part II, she knew she had to take it. Exhibiting tremendous character growth, Regan faces a monster head-on to save Emmett's life in A Quiet Place Part II's ending.
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The Future Of The A Quiet Place Franchise
After the tremendous critical and commercial success stories of both A Quiet Place and A Quiet Place 2, one thing that's certain is that more of the franchise is coming. What's a bit up in the air right now is the form the next movie will take. While writer/director John Krasinski announced the third installment in the Abbott family story, the next A Quiet Place movie will be a spinoff centered on new characters, existing within the established universe. It would appear that Paramount thinks they might be able to turn the A Quiet Place franchise into their equivalent of Warner Bros.' The Conjuring.
Pig director Michael Sarnoski will take the reigns for this so far untitled A Quiet Place spinoff. However, the script will be based on a story idea of Krasinski's, who will remain on board as a producer. The spinoff has already been set for a theatrical release on March 31, 2023, but it's unclear at this point who the spinoff will be about, where it will be set, and if it will have any direct narrative ties to A Quiet Place 1 and 2 outside of being in the same world. Considering how little fans have gotten to see of that world, though, the creative possibilities for where either the spinoff or A Quiet Place 3's franchise ambitions could go are practically endless.
Everything We Know About A Quiet Place III
The story of A Quiet Place II sets up a full franchise, which prompted the conception of the upcoming spinoff and A Quiet Place III. After much speculation, the third installment to the series has been greenlit. At an investors' meeting with Paramount, actor John Krasinski himself announced that the next A Quiet Place movie would be hitting theaters sometime in 2025. There's no official release date or even an indication of what time of year the film is supposed to come out, but there's now at least confirmation that A Quiet Place III is happening. What is yet to be seen is whether or not Krasinski will be back at the helm or if another director will take over his spot. However, since the actor/director helmed A Quiet Place I and II, great movies that met with success, it's unlikely he'll give up his chair just yet. In between A Quiet Place II and the next installment, Michael Sarnoski's spinoff, slated to release in 2023, will fill out the franchise's universe.
John Krasinski teased that the plot for A Quiet Place III is going to be something that the franchise hasn't done before. Given A Quiet Place II's ending, there will probably be some time spent on the boat and the island with the rest of the newfound survivors. The plot of the spin-off series remains totally unknown, though it won't follow the group of survivors with whom fans are familiar. A Quiet Place III's cast still hasn't been announced, but it's highly likely that Regan (Millicent Simmonds) and Emmett (Cillian Murphy) will return, as they need to reconnect with Marcus, Evelyn, and the baby. In addition, there will likely be a new cast of survivors on the island, but no one knows if any of them got to seek true sanctuary in A Quiet Place II – it's still probable that the film will show the fallout of Emmett's inadvertent destruction of the island community by unknowingly having brought an alien stowaway on his rescue boat. Likely, A Quiet Place III will pick up where the last movie left off, adding yet more to the A Quiet Place timeline.