A Quiet Place: Day One brings noise into the near-silent franchise. The prequel set on the first day of the invasion takes the audience back to the moment it all began in New York City as a normal day turns quiet. This hushed approach means that while the prequel shares a title with the original two movies helmed by John Krasinski, it’s quite a different beast.
And for Stranger Things star Joseph Quinn, this was part of the allure of joining the horror franchise. "The first two films are far more contained, it's a more rural aesthetic and led by this family dynamic," he tells GamesRadar+ and the . "For this one, we're in New York City, which is a pretty loud spot and we're watching a society and a city navigate this day one of the invasion, rather than a family.
" Quinn plays Eric in the prequel, who ends up meeting Lupita Nyong’o’s Sam while fleeing the alien invasion. The pair strike up a camaraderie as they try to find out what’s going on and survive the day. "It's a familiar environment," Quinn adds.
"Audiences will be used to the premise, but it's just a lot larger, and I guess louder. Until it's not, then it's even quieter..
." Despite its differences from the other movies though, Krasinski was still involved in bringing it to the big screen. He produced and co-wrote the story alongside director Michael Sarnoski, best known previously for helming the Nicolas Cage starrer Pig.
Nyong’o had an early conversation with Krasinski, in which she says he explained why he.
