A Quiet Place: Day One

A Quiet Place: Day One is a 2024 American apocalyptic horror film written and directed by Michael Sarnoski, based on a story he conceived with John Krasinski. It is the third installment in the A Quiet Place film series, serving as a spin-off and prequel. The film stars Lupita Nyong'o as a terminally ill woman during the early stages of an invasion in New York City by blind, extraterrestrial creatures with an acute sense of hearing. The supporting cast includes Joseph Quinn, Alex Wolff, and Djimon Hounsou, who reprises his role from A Quiet Place Part II.
Development on A Quiet Place: Day One began in November 2020, with Jeff Nichols set to write and direct. Despite a completed script, Nichols dropped out of the film in October 2021. In January 2022, Sarnoski was announced to replace Nichols as writer and director; he was approached by Krasinski because of his feature directorial debut Pig (2021). Principal photography took place from February 2023 to April 2023 in London, England.
A Quiet Place: Day One premiered at the Tribeca Festival on June 26, 2024, and was released in the United States by Paramount Pictures on June 28, 2024. The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed $259 million worldwide.
== Plot ==
Samira "Sam", a pessimistic, terminally ill cancer patient, lives at a hospice outside New York City with her cat, Frodo. Reuben, a nurse, convinces a reluctant Sam to join a group outing to a marionette show in Manhattan. While in the city, the group notices meteor-like objects falling from the sky. Shortly afterwards, hostile extraterrestrial creatures attack the gathered crowd and passersby. A meteor hits an ambulance, and the explosion knocks Sam unconscious.
Sam later wakes up inside the puppet theater with Frodo and other survivors, including Henri, who signals her to remain quiet. Announcements from military helicopters warn civilians to stay silent and hidden until the authorities can rescue them. Sam then witnesses fighter jets bombing and destroying the bridges leading out of Manhattan, preventing the creatures from leaving the island. One of the survivors begins to panic, and Henri accidentally kills him in the process of trying to keep him silent.
The power grid cuts out that night, causing the building's emergency generator to noisily activate. Reuben turns it off, but attracts a creature that kills him on hearing his shirt rip. A distraught Sam takes Frodo and leaves for Harlem. The military announces it is preparing to evacuate civilians by boat from South Street Seaport as the creatures are unable to swim. Groups of people start leaving buildings towards the evacuation point, but the volume of their crowded movement alerts the creatures, who attack them and cause a stampede. Sam flees in the opposite direction and is separated from Frodo.
Eric, an English law student, escapes a flooded subway station and encounters Frodo, following him back to Sam. She attempts to convince Eric to go south to the evacuation point, but Eric is in shock and follows Sam back to her apartment instead. While there, Eric learns Sam is an acclaimed and published poet. The next morning, Sam leaves alone for Harlem, but Eric finds her and they continue their journey together. Sam and Eric accidentally alert the creatures, and flee into a flooded subway. With no other way out, the pair are forced to wade through the deep waters, eventually waking a dormant creature that pursues them but drowns while they escape.
The pair end up in a ruined church, and while Sam rests, Eric ventures out alone to get pain medication for her from a pharmacy. He then rescues Frodo from a construction site, discovering a group of creatures led by a larger one feeding on the remains of an organic egg-like pod. Sam tells Eric that as a child, she used to watch her late father play jazz at a club in Harlem, and would get pizza with him at Patsy's afterward, something Sam always wanted to do before she died. Eric fulfills Sam's wish by taking her to the club, collecting pizza from another store, and performing a magic card trick to cheer her up.
Eric and Sam see boats in the river, filled with survivors escaping Manhattan. As the two leave together, creatures start to congregate along the shore. Sam gives Eric her jacket and Frodo, and then runs off to distract creatures by smashing car windows. As a result, car alarms activate which attract the creatures away from the coastline. Meanwhile, Eric and Frodo jump into the water and are pulled up into a boat by Henri. Eric then finds a note in the jacket written by Sam, telling him to take care of Frodo and thanking him for reminding her to live.
Sam walks into a deserted street as she listens to Nina Simone's "Feeling Good" on her iPod. Accepting her death, Sam smiles as she unplugs her earphones, causing a creature to appear behind her.
==Cast==
==Production==
===Development===
On November 9, 2020, it was announced by Paramount Pictures that a spin-off set within the same world as A Quiet Place, with Jeff Nichols set to serve as writer/director, based on an original story by John Krasinski. Krasinski will also serve as producer alongside Michael Bay, Andrew Form, and Brad Fuller. The film is a co-production between Paramount Pictures, Sunday Night Productions, and Platinum Dunes. On May 29, 2021, Krasinski announced that the script is complete and was submitted to the studio. 
By October 27 of the very same year however, Nichols stepped down as director citing creative differences while the studio was reported to be quickly looking for a replacement. On January 11, 2022, Michael Sarnoski was announced as director and would also complete a rewrite of the script. On April 28, 2022 at CinemaCon, the film's title was officially announced as A Quiet Place: Day One.
===Casting===
The casting of Lupita Nyong'o and Joseph Quinn were reported on November 16, 2022. Alex Wolff was cast on January 20, 2023. On March 10, Djimon Hounsou was revealed to reprise his role from A Quiet Place Part II as the "Man on the Island". On April 27, Denis O'Hare was also revealed to have been cast.
===Filming===
Principal photography began on February 6, 2023 in London, and wrapped on April 11.
==Release==
The film is due for theatrical release on June 28, 2024, having been delayed from a March 31, 2023 and a September 22, 2023 release.
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