John Krasinski Teases A QUIET PLACE Sequel Might Explore Who Was on The Other End of Those Fires
Paramount Pictures is already moving forward on a sequel to John Krasinski's horror thriller A Quiet Place and writers Bryan Woods and Scott Beck are already developing a story to tell. We don't know what exactly that story will entail, but during a recent interview with Deadline, Krasinski talks about what's on his mind and what he would like to explore. He explains that the main thing that was on his mind was who was on the other end of those fires.
"The thing that I loved in the movie. Where my mind kept wandering as we were making it, was the question of who was on the other end of those fires, when the father lights the fire and in the distance, those other fires light up. How did those people survive? How did that old man survive?
"In the extreme, these characters are going through, there’s no room to think about that. They’re there, there’s an old man who’s about to scream, they just have to deal with that. I think it would be interesting to see what’s going on elsewhere at this same time."
That would definitely be an interesting way to move forward with the sequel. I'd be ok with a story that focuses on a completely different group of survivors. There could be worse ideas for a sequel to a film that doesn't really need a sequel.
Krasinski goes on to say that he never thought of doing any sequels when he made the film. He said it was originally only intended to be a one-off. But, then it made a lot of money and the studio had different plans:
"It’s only a short while since the movie came out, but already people are saying, 'We want to live in this world more,' which is really interesting. I’m surprised people aren’t like, 'Nah, we know what this is, and we just want to leave it as it is.'"
"To be perfectly honest, it was never really on my mind while we were making it. I never really thought of it as an expanded world; I always thought of it as a one-off."
Well, now we've got a sequel coming and I'm sure we'll keep seeing sequels for A Quiet Place for as long as it's making tons of money.
What do you think about what Krasinski is hoping to explore in the sequel?