Paramount is making some noise for the sequel to A Quiet Place.
The studio is in talks with Emily Blunt and kid stars Millicent Simmonds and Noah Jupe to reprise their roles of the family fighting to survive a world crawling with noise-targeting creatures.
John Krasinski, who directed and starred in the original, is set to direct the sequel, which will go before cameras late summer. Krasinski cryptically
Instagrammed Friday his involvement, writing “…time to go back.”
Krasinski was
already writing the script and it was an open secret around town he would direct. More interestingly are the actor talks.
Simmonds and Jupe are said to be under option, meaning that when their initial deals were made, the studio reserved them for any possible follow-ups, however unlikely that seemed with a horror movie featuring almost no dialogue and costing only $17 million to make.
Things have changed $340 million later. The budget for the new movie will be much higher, although by how much remains unclear as the script is still being written. The upping of the budget, however, means pay bumps for the rising stars could be in the offing.