Filming an Apocalyptic Prequel in ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ Featurette

Filming an Apocalyptic Prequel in ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ Featurette

by Alex Billington
May 30, 2024
Source: YouTube

“The world is coming to an end, and how does one best manage the emotional rollercoaster?” Paramount has debuted a first look featurette for the sci-fi prequel A Quiet Place: Day One, arriving in theaters very soon at the end of June this summer. This making of promo features the cast explaining this story being set in New York City at the start of the alien invasion when the creatures first arrive. Lupita Nyong’o stars as a woman named Sam in NYC caught up in all of the apocalyptic mayhem. As every street goes quiet, she is thrown together with a man named Eric. With some reluctance, the pair agree to navigate and survive the city together. And she has a cat. The cast also includes Joseph Quinn, Alex Wolff, Djimon Hounsou, and Denis O’Hare. To top it off, this is directed by the same filmmaker who last made Nicolas Cage’s Pig movie. There’s not enough actual behind-the-scenes shots in this video, but I am glad to see they spared no expense pulling off a large-scale sci-fi creature feature flick. Gotta make it look BIG! Yeah I’m down for this.

Watch “This is Day One” featurette for Michael Sarnoski’s A Quiet Place: Day One, direct from YouTube:

You can rewatch the first trailer for Sarnoski’s A Quiet Place: Day One right here, or the second trailer here.

A Quiet Place: Day One is a post-apocalyptic horror prequel – taking place at the beginning of it all before the original A Quiet Place (2018) film. a woman named Sam (starring Lupita Nyong’o) on a day trip to the city must survive an invasion in New York of bloodthirsty alien creatures with ultrasonic sound hearing. A Quiet Place: Day One is directed by American filmmaker Michael Sarnoski, making his second feature film after directing Pig (2021) previously, as well as a few other short films. The screenplay is also written by Michael Sarnoski, from a story by John Krasinski and Michael Sarnoski. Based on characters created by Bryan Woods & Scott Beck (for the original A Quiet Place from 2018). It’s produced by Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller, and John Krasinski. This prequel is made by Paramount Pictures in association with Michael Bay – a Platinum Dunes / Sunday Night Production. Paramount will debut Sarnoski’s A Quiet Place: Day One in theaters nationwide on June 28th, 2024 this summer. View the full official trailer. Who’s in?

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