A Quiet Place 2 moves ahead to a Memorial Day release

A Quiet Place 2 has been moving around the calendar thanks to the pandemic, and now it’s on the move again as the release date moves from fall to Memorial Day.

John Krasinski, whose work behind the camera and on the script of the 2018 original movie won him great praise in addition to his work on screen, made the announcement on Twitter. Krasinski noted that “we’ve waited long enough” and that’s the understatement of the year after his sequel was pushed from spring 2020 to September 2020, then April 2021 to September 2021.

Now that the movie is back on Paramount’s spring calendar, replacing the now delayed F9 (which moves to June), it’s time to build the excitement for the movie that doesn’t say much but packs a powerful punch.

A Quiet Place 2 reunites the original cast with some new faces

Emily Blunt returns with original cast members Millicent Simmonds and Noah Jupe. Krasinski, who starred as Blunt’s husband in the original film, will appear in flashbacks in the new movie even though his character died saving his family in the first film. Krasinski directed the sequel and wrote the script.

Joining the cast for the sequel are Cillian Murphy and Djimon Hounsou.

Paramount’s decision to move A Quiet Place 2 ahead on the calendar is an interesting one as movie theaters are poised to get back to work in the coming weeks and months. It’s a gamble, for sure, because vaccine rollout has been slow to get going and there are still fears about gathering in enclosed spaces for prolonged periods of time.

It might have been a better move to keep A Quiet Place 2 in its September slot so that people have more time to adjust to the new normal, but there’s no question that studios and theaters are hoping fans will show up to see highly anticipated movies back on the big screen.