Revealed in the official trailer, John Krasinski‘s A Quiet Place: Part II will be delving into the early days of the apocalypse that unleashed otherworldly monsters that hunt by sound, which needless to say suggests that we’ll be learning a bit of backstory about those monsters later this year. And Part II, it seems, will also set the stage for even more mythology.
Speaking with Total Film Magazine this week, Krasinski teased what’s coming.
“I set up a couple of tiny little Easter eggs in II that not only explain more about I, but would allow for more mythology,” Krasinski told the outlet.
He continued, specifically responding to a question about whether or not a third film is being planned: “But… I can’t be like, ‘Yeah, of course, there’ll be a third!’ No, not at all. I haven’t heard from the studio that they want a third one. But the good news is that the studio and I are on the same page in that this isn’t one of those franchises where we keep pumping them out if they make money. I think we’ve proven that this is an original idea that is really beloved by people in a way that… I don’t want to break that promise to people.”
“If I could think of a way to continue this world as elegantly as people deserve, because they gave me their trust in watching this movie and loving this movie as much as they did? Sure,” Krasinski made sure to note. “But if you’re asking: do I think I could just do a third one, to just do a third one? No way.”
We’ll head back to a Quiet Place on March 20, 2020.