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July 21, 2022 / 8:45 AM

'Quiet Place' prequel delayed until 2024

Left to right, Millicent Simmonds, Emily Blunt and John Krasinski arrive on the red carpet at the "A Quiet Place Part II" World Premiere in 2020 in New York City. A prequel is in the works for a 2024 release. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

1 of 5 | Left to right, Millicent Simmonds, Emily Blunt and John Krasinski arrive on the red carpet at the "A Quiet Place Part II" World Premiere in 2020 in New York City. A prequel is in the works for a 2024 release. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo

July 21 (UPI) -- Paramount Pictures has announced it moved its thriller, A Quiet Place: Day One, from Sept. 22, 2023 to March 8, 2024.

Pig director Michael Sarnoski is helming the movie about huge insect-like creatures with sensitive hearing that wipe out most of mankind.

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Actor, writer and director John Krasinski directed the first two Quiet Place blockbusters, which starred his real-life wife, Emily Blunt.

He also appeared in the first film, which came out in 2018, but his character died a hero trying to save his kids. A Quiet Place Part II opened in 2021.

The prequel is based on an original idea by Krasinski, who will also produce.

No cast has been announced yet.

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