It grossed more than $350 million worldwide and received critical acclaim. Filming took place in upstate New York from May to November 2017.Ī Quiet Place premiered at South by Southwest on March 9, 2018, and was released in the United States on April 6, 2018, by Paramount Pictures. Krasinski and Blunt were cast in the lead roles in May 2017. The film drew inspiration from Alien, No Country for Old Men, and In the Bedroom. In July 2016, Krasinski read their spec script and was hired to direct and rewrite the script in March the following year. The plot revolves around a father (Krasinski) and a mother ( Emily Blunt) who struggle to survive and raise their children ( Millicent Simmonds and Noah Jupe) in a post-apocalyptic world inhabited by blind monsters with an acute sense of hearing.īeck and Woods began developing the story while in college. A Quiet Place is a 2018 American science fiction horror film directed by John Krasinski and written by Bryan Woods, Scott Beck and Krasinski, from a story conceived by Woods and Beck.