John Krasinski and Emily Blunt sat down with Entertainment Weekly to discuss the development of the story for the sequel to this year’s acclaimed horror smash A Quiet Place, including an idea to dive into the past of the characters.
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“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,” said Blunt, who plays the Abbott family matriarch. “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, who helped with the rewrites on the first installment that he directed and starred in, originally had no interest in working on a sequel, but after finding a small idea for it, he found himself inspired and came up with further planning for the sequel.
“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,” Krasinski explained. “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.”
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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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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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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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Emily Blunt plays Evelyn Abbott in A QUIET PLACE, from Paramount Pictures.
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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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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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Millicent Simmonds plays Regan Abbott in A QUIET PLACE, from Paramount Pictures.
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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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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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Emily Blunt plays Evelyn Abbott plays Lee Abbott in A QUIET PLACE from Paramount Pictures.
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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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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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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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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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