Day One: A Quiet Place Prequel Gets a Release Date and New Trailer

The Apocalypse Begins

Paramount and Platinum Dunes have released a new trailer and poster for "Day One," the upcoming prequel to the hit horror film "A Quiet Place."

The film is directed by Michael Sarnoski ("Pig") and written by Sarnoski and John Krasinski, who directed and starred in the original "A Quiet Place" films. The film stars Joseph Quinn ("Stranger Things"), Lupita Nyong'o ("Black Panther"), Alex Wolff ("Hereditary"), and Djimon Hounsou ("Guardians of the Galaxy").

The prequel is set in the early days of the alien invasion that wiped out most of humanity in the first film. The trailer shows a group of survivors trying to find a safe place to live while hiding from the creatures that hunt by sound.