The following contains spoilers for A Quiet Place: Day One, now playing in theaters
Summary
A Quiet Place: Day Oneends with a clear connection to the previous film in the franchise, which could set up further connections between the movies in the upcoming sequelA Quiet Place III. WhereasA Quiet Place IIIwill seemingly continue the arc of the Abbott family as they try to navigate a world infested with murderous aliens dubbed Death Angels,A Quiet Place: Day Oneflashes back to their arrival on Earth. Focusing on a pair of survivors in New York City, the film was largely disconnected from the prior twoQuiet Placemovies.
However,theending ofA Quiet Place: Day Onesets up a major connection between the filmsthat could come back into play in future installments. This connection was even confirmed by the film’s writer/director Michael Sarnoski, who has spoken in interviews about the eventual fate of the film’s major survivors. This could be an ideal way to bring back one of the stars ofA Quiet Place: Day Onefor other films in the series, and create a definite connection between the prequel andthe story ofA Quiet Place III.
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A Quiet Place: Day One Sets Up Eric’s Return In A Quiet Place 3
Eric SurvivingA Quiet Place: Day OneCould Allow Him To Return For The Next Film In The Series
A Quiet Place: Day Oneends with Eric seemingly on his way to the same islandthat appeared inA Quiet Place II, giving the character a clear opportunity to return for the upcomingA Quiet Place III. Eric is one of the protagonists of the prequel alongside Sam and her cat Frodo. Together, the two are able to evade the alien creatures long enough to give Sam closure. Already on the verge of death from cancer, Sam stays behind to cause a distraction so Eric can a ferry carrying survivors away from Manhattan.
As confirmed by the film’s director during an interview withThe Hollywood Reporter, this leads directly to the situation inA Quiet Place II. Among the survivors also on the ferry with Eric is Henri. Played by Djimon Hounsou, Henri appeared inA Quiet Place II. The island he and his family settled on turns out to be the same island Regan and Emmett. This suggests thatEric was on the island during the latter events of that movieas well, and may be among the survivors who Regan saves by discovering the Death Angel’s weakness.
How A Quiet Place: Day One Connects To A Quiet Place 3’s Setup
A Quiet Place: Day OneSets Up The Island FromA Quiet Place II
A Quiet Place IIrevealed that Death Angels have trouble crossing open water. This means that islands are an ideal place for humans to retreat, as it makes encounters far less likely. However, that film didn’t make it necessarily clear where the island’s citizens all hailed from. The apparent confirmation that these are all survivors from New York City gives them a shared connection to the events depicted inA Quiet Place: Day One, andallows Eric to easily return for another appearance in the series.
A Quiet Place II’s ending saw Regan and Marcus utilizing sound against the Death Angels to protect other survivors. It was a defiant ending and one that could inspire more people to fight back against the Death Angels. As a result,the island full of New York survivors could end up playing into the plot ofA Quiet Place IIIand expand efforts to fight back against the creatures. This effort to move to islands may have also been replicated elsewhere, setting up more survivors for the sequel.
A Quiet Place: Day One Breaks The Franchise Timeline After This Oversight
A Quiet Place: Day One connects to a story in A Quiet Place Part II, and it breaks the franchise timeline by overlooking one detail of the event.
What Role Joseph Quinn’s Eric Can Have In A Quiet Place 3
How Eric Could Play IntoA Quiet Place III’s Story
Because of this natural connection between the prequel and the mainlineQuiet Placefilms, it would be easy for Joseph Quinn’s Eric (as well as the cat Frodo) to return forA Quiet Place III.Eric could easily be one of the people who encounters Regan and Emmett after the events ofA Quiet Place II, and could factor into their efforts to further combat the Death Angels or help them off the island. With Herni killed in the chaos of that film’s climax, Eric could be forced to take a more prominent position as a leader among the survivors.
Eric could also have been dispatched off-screen, giving Regan a reason to adopt theQuiet Placefan-favorite cat Frodofor her future adventures. The popularity ofA Quiet Place: Day Oneandthe purposefully open-ended nature of Eric’s survival invites plenty of questions about his eventual fate. Given the strong reception to the character, it would be a waste for the series to not bring back Eric in some capacity. He could even be the ideal bridge betweenA Quiet Place: Day OneandA Quiet Place IIIby playing a more important role in the series going forward.
A Quiet Place: Day One
Cast
A Quiet Place: Day One is a spin-off of the A Quiet Place franchise conceived by John Krasinski. The film is set at the beginning of the invasion as humanity scrambles to survive, before the events of the original film, with Lupita Nyong’O leading the cast, directed by Michael Sarnoski.
