Best of Summer: How the “A Quiet Place Part II” Sound Team Turns the Viewer Into Prey

This interview is part of our “Best of Summer” series. It was originally published on June 1. 

Don’t make a sound. The utterly frightening creatures of A Quiet Place are back in a terrifying sequel thirsty to tear your body apart. In this new chapter, the story picks up right where it left off with the Abbott family having destroyed their home in order to stay alive.

“A Quiet Place Part II” Composer Marco Beltrami on Making a Menacing Score

The first box office hit of this summer’s return to in-person theater-going, A Quiet Place Part II picks up a few moments after its predecessor left off. Evelyn Abbott (Emily Blunt) is now on her own with her three children, her husband, Lee (John Krasinski, the film’s director and writer) having been killed by the monsters with hypersensitive hearing that now stalk the Earth. With the baby packed into a box, she and her two older kids,

How The “A Quiet Place Part II” Sound Team Turns the Viewer Into Prey

Don’t make a sound. The utterly frightening creatures of A Quiet Place are back in a terrifying sequel thirsty to tear your body apart. In this new chapter, the story picks up right where it left off with the Abbott family having destroyed their home in order to stay alive. Well, almost everyone. The tragic events force Evelyn (Emily Blunt), Regan (Millicent Simmonds), and Marcus (Noah Jupe) to leave their safety net and look for refuge in a treacherous journey that keeps them guessing what could be lurking around the corner.

Review Roundup: “A Quiet Place Part II” Joyously Shreds Your Nerves

We’re a mere week away from the May 28 release of John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place Part II, and the reviews are already coming in. There’s mostly only good news here—Krasinski has, according to critics, matured as a director, and his cast and crew help him deliver the goods. It wasn’t going to be an easy feat—it never is when you’re following up a surprise, critical and commercial smash like his 2018 original film—but Krasinski and his team have managed to deliver a satisfying,

The “A Quiet Place Part II” Cast Talk Tension & Terror in New Video

Director John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place Part II is now only a few weeks away, and a new video from Paramount features Krasinski, his star (and wife) Emily Blunt, and one of the film’s newcomers, Cillian Murphy. Murphy says he was “blown away” by the first film, and he’s of course not alone in that reaction. The video also does a nifty job of giving us a brief sket of the timeline of events,

“A Quiet Place Part II” Photos Reveal Ambitious Scope of Sequel

Memorial Day Weekend represents a big moment for theaters, theater-goers, and movie lovers. Two of the year’s biggest titles—John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place Part II for Paramount and Craig Gillespie’s Cruella for Disney are hitting theaters on May 28. Add the fact that the CDC has changed their guidance and stipulated that vaccinated people can eschew wearing masks and can gather indoors, and in large groups, under many circumstances signal a major seachange for theaters and those of us eager to see movies on the big screen again.

Behold The Final Trailer for “A Quiet Place Part II”

Yesterday we shared Paramount’s teaser for the final A Quiet Place Part II trailer, and today, as promised, Paramount has released the final trailer, and it delivers. Director John Krasinski’s long-awaited follow-up to his gangbusters 2018 film was due last March, but, well, you know what happened. The final trailer takes advantage of the fact that critics actually got to see the film last year—and they loved it—so you’ll get a few of their quotes here.

“A Quiet Place Part II” Drops New Teaser Ahead of Final Trailer

A few days ago Marvel released an epic trailer that reminded all of us why seeing a big movie on a big screen amongst fellow movie lovers is an unbeatable experience. Now, Paramount is returning the favor with this bite-sized teaser for A Quiet Place Part II, with the final trailer coming tomorrow, highlighting one of the films we cannot wait to see in a movie theater. Director John Krasinski’s long-awaited,

“A Quiet Place Part II” Release Bumped Up to Memorial Day

Chalk this up as some good news to start your Friday. Paramount has announced that they’ll be releasing John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place Part II earlier than we’d thought. They’ve pushed up the release date to Memorial Day, making Krasinski’s hotly-anticipated sequel our official summer kickoff film. What’s not to love about this?

Krasinski took to Twitter to share the news. The new release date means that the writer/director’s follow-up will have now been delayed well over a year from its original March 20 release date.

A Quiet Place: Part II & Top Gun: Maverick Get New Release Dates

While all dates are subject to change at the moment considering the unprecedented situation we find ourselves in, there is some news on the film release front worth sharing. Paramount Pictures has announced that two of their big releases for this year have new release dates. John Krasinski’s highly anticipated A Quiet Place: Part II and the return of Tom Cruise’s speed-needing super pilot in Top Gun: Maverick will be out on the first weekend in September and during Christmas,

A Quiet Place: Part II Featurette Highlights Cillian Murphy’s New Character

The early reactions to John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place: Part II were more or less all raves. In revisiting the remaining members of the Abbott family after the thrilling, chilling events in his surprise 2018 smash hit, Krasinski expands the post-apocalyptic world in Part II. The early reactions praised Part II‘s brilliant expansion of the story, as well as retaining what made the original so,

Early Reactions to A Quiet Place: Part II Praise Taut, Terrifying Sequel

We’ve been eagerly anticipating director John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place: Part II since we heard the sequel was in the works. Now, with the first early reactions appearing online, we feel vindicated in our belief that Krasinski, along with his stellar cast and crew, were going to nail the follow-up. The first reactions hail Part II, reveling in the way the film finds fresh ways to tease out its central conceit;

It’s Monster Mayhem in A Quiet Place: Part II “Fight” Teaser

What we’ve seen so far from John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place: Part II has been very promising. Krasinski’s follow-up to his 2018 smash hit expands the world of monsters vs humans we got only a glimpse of in the original. The first film was squarely focused on the Abbott family, led by Lee (Krasinski) and Evelyn (Emily Blunt), who were doing their level best to keep their children Marcus and Regan (Noah Jupe and Millicent Simmonds,

A Quiet Place: Part II’s Super Bowl Ad Packs a Big Surprise

For those of us who are more than a little bit excited for writer/director John Krasinski‘s A Quiet Place: Part II, Paramount Pictures has done us a solid. The studio has released its upcoming Super Bowl spot early, giving us a glimpse at Krasinski’s follow-up to his surprising creature-feature smash hit from 2018. Krasinski co-starred in the original film alongside his real-life wife, Emily Blunt, as Lee and Evelyn Abbott respectively,

Monsters—People Included—Haunt A Quiet Place: Part II’s Official Trailer

The official trailer for John Krasinski‘s A Quiet Place: Part II is here, folks. After his thrilling, out-of-nowhere creature feature in 2018, Krasinski is back with a follow-up that centers around the surviving members of the Abbott family as they fight to stay alive in a monster-haunted world, now facing new threats—other people.

The new trailer gives us a glimpse of what life was like the day the sound-hunting aliens first appeared in a thrilling minute-plus of action.

Here’s Your First Glimpse at A Quite Place: Part II

We’ve been waiting a long time to get our first look at A Quiet Place: Part II. Finally, Paramount has released a teaser revealing our first glimpse at John Krasinski’s followup to his surprising 2018 smash hit. Krasinki directs from a script he wrote and from the teaser it looks like the new film picks up more or less right where he left off in the first film.

John Krasinski has Begun Filming A Quiet Place: Part II

It’s official—John Krasinski has started filming the sequel to his 2018 stunner A Quiet Place. There’s some good news for you folks who have somehow still not seen A Quiet Place—it’s currently streaming on Hulu. If you’re in that camp, you’ll want to stop reading now.

Krasinski did nearly everything for the original film. He was the co-writer/director/and co-star of that film. Now, however (super late spoiler alert),