Emily Blunt (R) inA Quiet Place Part II.Photo: Paramount PicturesJohn Krasinski’sA Quiet Place Part IIImight land its next director.Michael Sarnoski, who directedNicolas Cagein hisacclaimed dramaPig, is in talks to helm the upcoming spinoff in the popular franchise that earned box office acclaim with 2018’sA Quiet Place, according toDeadline.Paramount Pictures did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.The film is reportedly not expected to pick up wherePart IIleft off withEmily Bluntcharacter’s Evelyn Abbott and her children.Instead, the upcoming film is expected to be a spinoff based on an idea from Krasinski, 42, who co-wrote, directed and starred in the first two films. Deadline reports it is unlikely Blunt, 38, and Krasinski will reprise their roles in the third film.The franchise is set in a dystopian universe where people are forced to live in silence in order to evade monsters with ultra-sensitive hearing.Michael Sarnoski.Francois G. Durand/GettyThe first film grossed $340,952,971 worldwide against a $17 million budget and cemented Krasinski as a director. The second film, released in May 2021, grossed $297,372,261 worldwide after multiple delays due to theongoing COVID-19 pandemic.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Krasinski and Blunt celebrated the end of filming forA Quiet Place Part IIin September 2019 when the writer-director shared a sweet photo of himself and his wife holding hands with their backs turned to the camera.“Well… that’s a wrap on #PartII See you on March 20th!” Krasinski wrote at the time.As information about thecoronavirus pandemicrapidly changes, PEOPLE is committed to providing the most recent data in our coverage. Some of the information in this story may have changed after publication. For the latest on COVID-19, readers are encouraged to use online resources from theCDC,WHOandlocal public health departments.PEOPLE has partnered with GoFundMeto raise money for the COVID-19 Relief Fund, a GoFundMe.org fundraiser to support everything from frontline responders to families in need, as well as organizations helping communities. For more information or to donate, clickhere.
Emily Blunt (R) inA Quiet Place Part II.Photo: Paramount Pictures
John Krasinski’sA Quiet Place Part IIImight land its next director.Michael Sarnoski, who directedNicolas Cagein hisacclaimed dramaPig, is in talks to helm the upcoming spinoff in the popular franchise that earned box office acclaim with 2018’sA Quiet Place, according toDeadline.Paramount Pictures did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.The film is reportedly not expected to pick up wherePart IIleft off withEmily Bluntcharacter’s Evelyn Abbott and her children.Instead, the upcoming film is expected to be a spinoff based on an idea from Krasinski, 42, who co-wrote, directed and starred in the first two films. Deadline reports it is unlikely Blunt, 38, and Krasinski will reprise their roles in the third film.The franchise is set in a dystopian universe where people are forced to live in silence in order to evade monsters with ultra-sensitive hearing.Michael Sarnoski.Francois G. Durand/GettyThe first film grossed $340,952,971 worldwide against a $17 million budget and cemented Krasinski as a director. The second film, released in May 2021, grossed $297,372,261 worldwide after multiple delays due to theongoing COVID-19 pandemic.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Krasinski and Blunt celebrated the end of filming forA Quiet Place Part IIin September 2019 when the writer-director shared a sweet photo of himself and his wife holding hands with their backs turned to the camera.“Well… that’s a wrap on #PartII See you on March 20th!” Krasinski wrote at the time.As information about thecoronavirus pandemicrapidly changes, PEOPLE is committed to providing the most recent data in our coverage. Some of the information in this story may have changed after publication. For the latest on COVID-19, readers are encouraged to use online resources from theCDC,WHOandlocal public health departments.PEOPLE has partnered with GoFundMeto raise money for the COVID-19 Relief Fund, a GoFundMe.org fundraiser to support everything from frontline responders to families in need, as well as organizations helping communities. For more information or to donate, clickhere.
John Krasinski’sA Quiet Place Part IIImight land its next director.
Michael Sarnoski, who directedNicolas Cagein hisacclaimed dramaPig, is in talks to helm the upcoming spinoff in the popular franchise that earned box office acclaim with 2018’sA Quiet Place, according toDeadline.
Paramount Pictures did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
The film is reportedly not expected to pick up wherePart IIleft off withEmily Bluntcharacter’s Evelyn Abbott and her children.
Instead, the upcoming film is expected to be a spinoff based on an idea from Krasinski, 42, who co-wrote, directed and starred in the first two films. Deadline reports it is unlikely Blunt, 38, and Krasinski will reprise their roles in the third film.
The franchise is set in a dystopian universe where people are forced to live in silence in order to evade monsters with ultra-sensitive hearing.
Michael Sarnoski.Francois G. Durand/Getty
The first film grossed $340,952,971 worldwide against a $17 million budget and cemented Krasinski as a director. The second film, released in May 2021, grossed $297,372,261 worldwide after multiple delays due to theongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
Krasinski and Blunt celebrated the end of filming forA Quiet Place Part IIin September 2019 when the writer-director shared a sweet photo of himself and his wife holding hands with their backs turned to the camera.
“Well… that’s a wrap on #PartII See you on March 20th!” Krasinski wrote at the time.
As information about thecoronavirus pandemicrapidly changes, PEOPLE is committed to providing the most recent data in our coverage. Some of the information in this story may have changed after publication. For the latest on COVID-19, readers are encouraged to use online resources from theCDC,WHOandlocal public health departments.PEOPLE has partnered with GoFundMeto raise money for the COVID-19 Relief Fund, a GoFundMe.org fundraiser to support everything from frontline responders to families in need, as well as organizations helping communities. For more information or to donate, clickhere.
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