MOVIE NEWS – The creators of A Quiet Place reflected on the TV and international future of the franchise…
The characters of A Quiet Place may have to remain silent to avoid monsters’ wrath, but the creators of the first films are not silent as they wonder what will happen to the apocalyptic universe in the future. MovieWeb sat down with the film’s creators, Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, at the Heretic junket in Los Angeles to hear their thoughts on A Quiet Place – which they’ve written since the beginning – moving forward and the latest film.
“Michael Sarnoski’s A Quiet Place: Day One, we absolutely adored. Michael’s an incredible filmmaker,” Beck told the outlet. “We’re huge fans of Pig, and what he did going back to, like, the original story, and the original Day One was so exciting because it took an idea that, when we were creating it, was something… so intimate. But then he made, you know, kind of the maximalist version of that idea, and it was exciting to see those two things combined for us.” Beck added:
“We feel excited just to see the franchise continue, but there’s so many stories you could tell.”
“The one thing that we think hasn’t been tapped into yet is kind of the international lens of the events. And that’d be exciting, whether it’s through a film or maybe a TV series.”
The creators of A Quiet Place did not rewrite Sam Raimi’s new film
During our interview, Beck and Woods also helped clear up rumours that they helped rewrite Sam Raimi’s upcoming horror film Send Help. “We actually had nothing to do with that movie,” said Woods. “That was a news story that caught fire, that we actually had nothing to do with, but it’s going to be amazing because it’s Sam Raimi-directed, and it’s terrific writers.” Beck added:
“We’d been hearing about this because we worked with Sam on 65, he produced it, and we’ve been hearing about this movie forever and love it. But yeah, that news story happened, and we got a text from Sam’s producing partner, who was like, ‘Watch out. I don’t know how this came out!'”
Meanwhile, there’s A24’s masterful new Hugh Grant horror film, Heretic, written and directed by Beck and Woods. It offers plenty of suspense and genuine scares along the way, but the dialogue-filled feature film also touches on a number of topics that add a touch of humour. For example, when religious-centric characters draw parallels between spirituality and, say, fast food. On that note, Beck and Woods weighed in on some of their favourite restaurants in the infamous category. “As a Midwest guy, we were from Iowa, close to Wisconsin,” Beck said. “Culver’s is a Wisconsin staple that is incredible.”
Woods continued: “I’ve got a sweet spot for Checkers… out here on the West Coast it’s called Rally’s. They’ve got these amazing seasoned fries that you just can’t go wrong with, comes in a giant bucket.”
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