Lupita Nyong’o, Joseph Quinn and Alex Wolff. Getty Images(3) The A Quiet Place universe is expanding with a new prequel film. The spinoff film was initially announced in November 2020 with Jeff Nichols slated to write and direct, with fans expecting a new story set within the same world originally created by John Krasinski who also starred in the first two horror films alongside his wife, Emily Blunt. Deadline reported in October 2021, Nichols left the project to focus on a different sci-fi film