Jeff Nichols Set to Write and Direct Third Film in A QUIET PLACE Universe Based on Original Idea by John Krasinski

Jeff Nichols, writer and director of the films Mud, Midnight Special, and Loving, has signed on to write and direct a third film in the A Quiet Place universe, based on an original idea by John Krasinski, who wrote and directed the first two films. The second film had been set to hit theaters this past March, but after theater shutdowns and stay-at-home orders, it was pushed back to April 23, 2021. This third film is slated for a 2022 release.

Deadline reports Michael Bay, Andrew Form, and Brad Fuller will produce via Platinum Dunes alongside Krasinski via his Sunday Night banner with partner Allyson Seeger, who serves as Executive Producer. Krasinski has been thinking of the idea for this film since he made the second film. Back at the beginning of the year, he said in an interview:

“It’s interesting, I genuinely hadn’t thought about a second one when I was doing the first one. However, I really had these questions while I was doing it. I put the fires out in the distance in the first one, and I always thought to myself, ‘Wouldn’t it be cool if we got to explore where those fires lead to? Who’s on the other end of those fires?’ But I never thought that there would be a sequel. 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 wandering of questions of what would this mean later on, I started to write down notes in case I could prepare myself for a third one.”

There have been no story details released yet, but the story in the third film may venture a little from the characters in the first two films, as it’s stated this story will take place in the same universe- a post-apocalyptic world where survivors are struggling to stay alive by being quiet, as monsters with ultra sensitive hearing hunt them. There is a lot of world and story to work with within the universe brought together by Krasinski, so it will be fun to see what Nichols comes up with.