A Quiet Place

***A Quiet Place*** is a Paramount North American post-apocalyptic horror film franchise made by Bryan Woods, Scott Beck and John Krasinski from a story conceived by Woods and Beck. The franchise' plot revolves around a father and a mother who struggle to survive and rear their children in a post-apocalyptic world inhabited by blind monsters with an acute sense of hearing. Consisting of two films, the series is set in an apocalyptic world inhabited by blind extraterrestrial monsters with an acute sense of hearing. Beginning with the 2018 film *A Quiet Place*, the franchise was expanded upon in the 2021 sequel *A Quiet Place Part II*.

The franchise will continue with a third film, an untitled spin-off film, and a video game set within the same fictional universe are currently in development.

## Films

### A Quiet Place

*Main article: A Quiet Place (film)*
The film's origin is mostly seen and debuted here as a demonstration to the actual horror film that Beck and Woods began developing the story while in college. In July 2016, Krasinski read their spec script and was hired to direct and rewrite the script in March the following year. Krasinski and Blunt were cast in the lead roles in May 2017. Filming took place in upstate New York from May to November 2017. During the film's production, None of the characters' names from the film are mentioned during the movie.

### A Quiet Place Part II

*Main article: A Quiet Place Part II*
A sequel to *A Quiet Place*, titled *A Quiet Place Part II*, was written and directed by Krasinski and stars Blunt, Simmonds, Jupe, Cillian Murphy, and Djimon Hounsou. Production took place in Western New York from June 2019 to September 2019. Paramount Pictures planned to release *A Quiet Place Part II* in theaters on March 20, 2020, however the film was rescheduled to September 4, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was delayed to April 2021 from July 2020, delayed again from September 2020 to January 2021, before being moved to May 28, 2021. The film would also be made available on Paramount+ 45 days after its theatrical release.

### A Quiet Place Part III

*Main article: A Quiet Place Part III*
In May 2021, Blunt revealed that Krasinski had plans for a third film. Acknowledging that he had wanted to see how the second installment was received before moving forward on the next film, she stated it is intended to be a trilogy. In July 2021, Blunt confirmed that Krasinski is working on a third installment, separate from the spin-off film, with intentions to once again serve as director. In February 2022, *A Quiet Place Part III* was officially announced with a scheduled release date in 2025.

## Spin-off

*Main article: A Quiet Place: Day One*
In November 2020, Paramount Pictures hired Jeff Nichols to write and direct a spin-off based on an original idea from John Krasinski, who will produce. However, Nichols exited the project by October 2021. In January 2022, Michael Sarnoski joined production to replace Nichols as the writer and director. On April 28, 2022, Paramount announced that the film will be titled *A Quiet Place: Day One*.

The film is scheduled to be released in the United States on March 8, 2024. It was originally set for September 22, 2023.

## Videogame

*Main article: A Quiet Place (video game)*
In October 2021, it was announced that a video game set within the same continuity as the film series is in development. The game will reportedly include an untold original story. The developers stated: "The *A Quiet Place* video game will let fans experience the tension of the films with a level of immersion they’ve never felt before." The project which will be published by Saber Interactive, is being created in collaboration by iLLOGIKA, EP1T0ME Studios Inc., and Paramount Pictures.

## Production

### *A Quiet Place*

Beck and Woods began writing *A Quiet Place* in January 2016, and Krasinski read their initial script the following July. The concept appealed to Krasinski of parents protecting their children, especially as his second child with actress Emily Blunt had just been born, and Blunt encouraged him to direct the film. By March 2017, Paramount had bought Beck and Woods's script, and they hired Krasinski to rewrite the script and direct the film, which was his third directorial credit and his first for a major studio. Blunt did not want to be cast in the film, but she read the script on a plane flight and immediately told her husband, "I need to do it." He agreed, and they were both cast in the starring roles. After considering developing the film as a potential fourth instalment in the *Cloverfield* franchise, Paramount and Krasinski decided that it would work better as a standalone film capable of forming an independent franchise.

Production took place from May to November 2017 in Dutchess and Ulster counties in upstate New York. During filming, the crew avoided making noise so diegetic synchronized sounds (e.g., the sound of rolling dice on a game board) could be recorded; the sounds were amplified in post-production. A traditional musical score was also added, which Krasinski justified in wanting audiences to remain familiar with watching a mainstream film, and not feel like part of a "silence experiment." In the film, creatures are blind and communicate through clicking sounds. Aadahl and Van der Ryn said they were inspired by animal echolocation, such as that employed by bats. The sound of feedback, normally avoided by sound editors, was woven into the story at a loudness level that would not bother audiences too much.

The characters communicate in American Sign Language (ASL) to avoid making sound, so the filmmakers hired deaf mentor Douglas Ridloff to teach ASL to the actors and to be available to make corrections. They also hired an ASL interpreter for deaf actress Simmonds, so that spoken and signed language could be interpreted back and forth on set. Simmonds grew up with ASL, and she helped teach her fellow actors to sign. She said, "In the movie, we've been signing together for years and years. So it should look fluent." She observed that each character's use of sign language reflected his or her motivations: the father had short and brief signs which showed his survival mentality, while the mother had more expressive signs as part of wanting her children to experience more than survival. Krasinski said that Simmonds's character used "signing that's very defiant, it's very teenage defiant."

Producers Andrew Form and Bradley Fuller said that they initially planned not to provide on-screen subtitles for sign-language dialogue while providing only "context clues," but they realized that subtitles were necessary for the scene in which the deaf daughter and her hearing father argue about the modified hearing aid. They subsequently added subtitles for all sign-language dialogue in the film.

### *A Quiet Place Part II*

In April 2018, Paramount Chair and CEO Jim Gianopulos announced that a sequel was in development. John Krasinski, who co-wrote, directed and starred in the first film, said he considered it "as a one-off". Uncertain of finding similar success in a sequel, he initially told Paramount to seek another writer and director. The first film's screenwriters Scott Beck and Bryan Woods did not return for the sequel. Woods said they were not interested in a franchise approach and that they would rather try "to create original ideas" and use their writing credits "as an opportunity to push several projects". Beck said, "Instead of focusing on sequels per se, it's about investing back into the ecosystem of original ideas in a massive marketplace."

According to Krasinski, Paramount rejected pitches from other writers and directors that were considered too franchise-oriented. He said, "I had this small idea, which was to make Millie [Simmonds] the lead of the movie... her character opens the door to all the themes I was dealing with in the first movie." The studio invited him to write a script based on his idea. By August 2018, Krasinski was writing the film. In the following February, he was hired to direct the sequel, and actors Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, and Noah Jupe were confirmed to reprise their roles. In March, Cillian Murphy joined the cast. In the following June, Brian Tyree Henry joined the cast, but he left the film due to scheduling problems. He was replaced by Djimon Hounsou in August.

In June 2019, production began on the sequel. Filming officially commenced on July 15
 and production was finished by late September.

## Additional crew and production details

 *A Quiet Place Part II* | Polly Morgan | Michael P. Shawver | 97 minutes

## Reception

### Critical response

 *A Quiet Place Part II* | 91% (349 reviews) | 71/100 (57 reviews) | A–

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