John Krasinski Teases A Quiet Place Part III With Chilling Behind-the-Scenes Update
Officials to revelers: celebrate as quietly as possible — the loudest night of the year just got a hush order.
If you thought we’d heard the last creepy whisper from ‘A Quiet Place’, nope—the Abbotts are making some noise (or, more accurately, desperately avoiding it) once again. After a wildly successful first movie in 2018 and a sequel that mostly kept the quality up, the franchise is marching onward to ‘A Quiet Place: Part III’. The cameras are officially rolling, and yes, Emily Blunt’s family of hand-signal enthusiasts is back in the thick of it.
Quick Recap: How We Got Here
The original ‘A Quiet Place’ pulled in over $300 million on a shoestring budget—which is Hollywood for ‘make more of these, fast.’ John Krasinski and Emily Blunt (who are married in real life, as if their perfect hair wasn’t clue enough) anchored the first movie as Evelyn and Lee Abbott, a rural family trying to survive in a world overrun by monsters with supersonic hearing and apparently nothing better to do than ruin family game night.
The second movie, ‘Part II’, sent the Abbotts searching for fellow survivors, cranking up both the stakes and the budget. Those echo-monsters must have unionized, because each film has cost a little more and made a little less—with the third movie, ‘Day One’, acting as a sort of prequel that showed the early chaos during the monsters’ grand entrance on planet earth. Reception? Still solid. Box office? Not shabby, just a little diminishing.
They’re Baaaack (And in the City)
After the prequel sidestepped the Abbott family, ‘Part III’ will swing us back to them—and apparently, New York City. Krasinski announced filming had started by posting a set photo online with a cryptic ‘Here. We. Go!’ Not exactly a plot synopsis, but everyone loves behind-the-scenes stuff, right?
Some eagle-eyed folks noticed a blurry archway in the pic and immediately started fantasizing about the Abbotts running from monsters in exotic locales—maybe Paris! But, sorry, it’s actually the Manhattan Bridge Arch in NYC. So once again, we’re dealing with upstate New York… and now just regular old New York. If you were hoping for the monsters to take a European vacation, you’ll have to settle for Brooklyn. For now.
Who’s in the Next One?
- Emily Blunt: Back as Evelyn Abbott, survivor extraordinaire
- Millicent Simmonds: Returns as Regan, daughter/master of sign language/sound-fighting innovator
- Noah Jupe: Still Marcus, still perpetually terrified—and can you blame him?
- Cillian Murphy: Reprising his role as Emmett, survivor introduced in the sequel (grim facial hair not optional)
- Jack O’Connell, Katy O’Brian, Jason Clarke: New faces added to the roster; their roles are still secret (read: probably people who won’t last long against the monsters, if history is any guide)
- John Krasinski: Directing, writing, and possibly ‘flashbacking’ as Lee, since his character is still dead. In the ‘A Quiet Place’ universe, this basically guarantees at least one teary callback per movie.
Series Future: Curtains or Curtain Call?
Krasinski, as chief shepherd of this franchise, keeps insisting this is a trilogy—even though after the ‘Day One’ spin-off, it’s clear the studio could easily squeeze more monster lore out of this world if the money keeps rolling in.
So, while ‘Part III’ is probably it for the Abbott family’s incredibly tense road trip, don’t be shocked if there are more side stories, prequels, or spinoffs about people hitting things with sticks and shushing each other in Slovakian suburbs. But this is the big one—at least, for now.
Krasinski’s pitch as filming began: "Here. We. Go!"
Circle July 30, 2027 on your calendar (in pencil, just in case), because that’s when ‘A Quiet Place: Part III’ officially hits theaters. And remember: don’t make a sound in the movie theater. Someone might be listening…