Keep it down, John Krasinski's trying to write that Quiet Place sequel

A Quiet Place landed with a thundering cha-ching When it hit the theaters last April, prompting the movie to be almost immediately announced that it was in the works of "the same group of people that made the first film." Wh0 those people were still unclear, John Krasinski didn ' t plan on being one of them.

That's since changed, however. The Hollywood Reporter recounts a Q & A discussion with Krasinski on Wednesday at Los Angeles' Silver Screen Theater, where the one-time Jim Halpert dealt with an unblinking, mildly patronizing look at the audience before confirming that, yes, he is currently writing the sequel.

He says he was only a small idea, "which is why he urged the producers to" go to the movie with somebody else. "After mulling it is a bit more, presumably in a soundproofed basement with whiteboards and loose scraps of electrical equipment, Krasinski and producer Drew Form.

While he does not elaborate on his vision, he could not Deadline back in May. "The thing that I loved in the movie," he said at the time, "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 in the distance those other fires light up. How did those people survive? How did that old man survive? "

He continued, "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. "

A Quiet Place extended universe anyone? Why the hell not. A Quiet Place: A Little Too Quiet, If You Ask Me is slated to open on May 15, 2020.