![]() Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats lurking beyond the sand path. Audiences swarmed back to se A Quiet Place Part II a sequel that picks up where the first film left off following the Abbott family who now face the terrors of the outside world. It was the right film to greet audiences when the cinemas in the UK reopened and unintentionally and ironically could now be read as a comment on what we have all been living under for the past 18 months. The film having been delayed from its April 2020 release due to the pandemic and it was the first screening to be pulled from press screenings with many others following in quick succession as the cinemas shut down. The theme of first film had very much been about parents doing anything for their children but for Krasinski the key to the second film was that children will want to go out into the big wide world on their own and here it would be the real life hearing impaired Millicent Simmonds as the daughter Regan who would follow in her father’s brave and smart footsteps and would be as important to the story as her mother. For Krasinski it presented him with the problem of what a follow up should be did he even want to helm a sequel? Intended as a one off an unintended sequel was quickly greenlit and summer 2019 saw the sequel go into production. Audiences went wild for it and the film earned a huge $340m off its tiny $17m budget. In 2018 from out of nowhere came modestly budgeted horror thriller A Quiet Place starring Emily Blunt and directed & co-starring her husband John Krasinski.
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