While waiting for John Krasinski to get around to making A Quiet Place 3, it’s the perfect time to watch a different horror film he produced with the same studio: the Rosemary’s Baby prequel the standalone spin-off prequel A Quiet Place: Day One, but A Quiet Place Part III has yet to happen.
Although it was originally set for a 2025 release, A Quiet Place Part III currently doesn’t have a scheduled release date. Krasinski is returning to direct the conclusion to this blockbuster horror trilogy, but it’s unclear when that will happen. In the meantime, Krasinski has teamed up again with Paramount to make a new horror movie that is separate from the A Quiet Place franchise, and his latest release is the perfect movie to watch while waiting for A Quiet Place 3 to get off the ground.
John Krasinski Produced Apartment 7A After The Success Of His A Quiet Place Movies
Krasinski & Paramount Developed The Rosemary's Baby Prequel To Replicate A Quiet Place's Success
After A Quiet Place became a box office hit earning a total of $340.9 million, Paramount was looking to develop more horror projects with a similar tone in partnership with Krasinski’s Sunday Night Productions label (via The Hollywood Reporter). They ed forces to produce Apartment 7A, which, at the time, was being cryptically described as a supernatural thriller with its plot being kept under wraps. This project later turned out to be a prequel to Rosemary’s Baby.
Apartment 7A is directed by Natalie Erika James from a story by Skylar James.
Streaming now on Paramount+, Apartment 7A tells the untold story of Terry Gionoffrio, the young woman who was targeted by the Satanic cult before they turned their sights to Rosemary Woodhouse. Whereas Rosemary’s Baby left Terry’s fate ambiguous, Apartment 7A shows exactly what happened to Terry.
The lead character is played by Ozark’s Julia Garner opposite Dianne Wiest and Kevin McNally as Minnie and Roman Castevet. While it doesn’t have the post-apocalyptic thrills of A Quiet Place, Apartment 7A does share its tense atmosphere, powerful performances, and creepy world-building.
Rosemary's Baby Was One Of John Krasinski's Inspirations For A Quiet Place
Krasinski Named Jaws, Alien, & Rosemary's Baby As Key Influences
It should come as no surprise that Krasinski’s first horror franchise reboot, Apartment 7A, is an expansion of Rosemary’s Baby, because the iconic 1968 feature was a major influence on his direction of A Quiet Place. In an interview with Variety, Krasinski named Jaws, Alien, and Rosemary’s Baby as key influences on the tone and tension of A Quiet Place. On top of that, A Quiet Place also touches on the pregnancy horror subgenre pioneered by Rosemary’s Baby, with Emily Blunt’s post-apocalyptic pregnancy storyline.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter, Variety
Apartment 7A
- Release Date
- September 20, 2024
- Runtime
- 104 Minutes
- Director
- Natalie Erika James
Cast
Terry
Dianne WiestMinnie Castevet
WHERE TO WATCH
In this psychological thriller, a young woman is forced into a mysterious cult after moving into a seemingly ordinary apartment complex. As strange events occur there, she begins to question her sanity and the motives of her enigmatic neighbors.
- Franchise(s)
- Rosemary's Baby
- Distributor(s)
- Paramount+
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