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After entertaining the audience as Jim Halpert and starring in several TV shows and movies, John Krasinski turned to filmmaking with the 2009 filmBrief Interviews with Hideous Men.And he has been at the top of his game, whether it’s acting or direction. Krasinski continued making films and had his breakthrough as a director with the 2018 sci-fi horrorA Quiet Place. Starring Krasinski alongside his wife, Emily Blunt, the movie follows the survival story of a family in a post-apocalyptic world threatened by noise-sensitive creatures.
A Quiet Placewas not only a commercial and critical hit but was also his most successful work as a director. However, it almost became a sequel to the 2008 sci-fi action film before he took over the movie as a director.
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John Krasinski’sA Quiet PlaceAlmost Became aCloverfieldFilm
John Krasinski‘s 2018 filmA Quiet Placehas been his biggest film as a director. The movie grossed $340 million on a budget of $17 million and landed a 96% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes. Critics praised his work as a director, saying that the movie is“so effective that you’ll be deathly afraid of making a sound.”
It has since developed into a franchise, with a sequel released in 2020 and a spin-off and threequel set to release in 2024 and 2025, respectively. However, before he took over the 2018 sci-fi horror as a director, the movie almost joined another series introduced by theBatmandirectorMatt Reeves.
During an interview with SlashFilm, the film’s writers, Bryan Woods and Scott Beck, shared that they did considerA Quiet Placeto be a part of theCloverfieldfilm series.“I know! That was one of those things that, I guess, it crossed our mind,” Scott Beck said on the possibility ofA Quiet Placebeing aCloverfieldmovie.
He also shared that they even discussed the same with their representatives and eventually took the script to the studio. However, the writers shared that it was“weird timing”for them, as Paramount denied accepting the movie under theCloverfieldfranchise.
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Why Didn’t Paramount AcceptA Quiet PlaceUnderCloverfield?
Matt Reeves’ 2008 filmCloverfieldfollows a group of friends trying to survive amid a giant monster attack in New York City. The film was followed by two sequels released in 2016 and 2018. The writers ofA Quiet Placehave shared that they wanted it to be a sequel to the 2008 film and pitched the same offer to Paramount Pictures.
However, by the time they completed their script, the studio already had10 Cloverfield Lane. And they also denied consideringA Quiet Placea sequel toCloverfield, as“they saw it as a totally different movie.”However, they felt very grateful after the studio accepted the movie despite having no dialogue.
“They never thought about branding it as a Cloverfield film,”Scott Beck told SlashFilm. Bryan Woods has also shared that they feared that their story might get“swept up into some kind of franchise.”He said that althoughCloverfieldwas a great film, he still wanted his work to be credited as original. And he was grateful that the studio did exactly the same, as they adapted the movie as it was.
A Quiet Placemovies are available on Paramount+ and Prime Video.
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Source:SlashFilm
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Laxmi Rajput is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, with over 3,300 articles published covering film, TV, and pop culture. With a degree in Broadcast Journalism and over three years of experience in content writing, she pivoted to entertainment journalism because let’s be honest, superheroes, sitcoms, and Netflix binges are way more fun. Laxmi frequently covers Marvel, Harry Potter, Star Wars, and popular TV shows, offering both fan-first enthusiasm and thoughtful analysis. Her work often dives into Marvel theories, revisits the genius of The Big Bang Theory, or unpacks the Netflix phenomenon of Stranger Things.
