With his third feature film as a director, John Krasinski climbed to the top of the box office by raking in more than $50 million opening weekend (surpassing the movie's $17 million production budget) at the box office. So, what's next for the A Quiet Place director? Outer space.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Krasinski is planning to direct Life On Mars as his fourth feature. He's looking to reteam with A Quiet Place producers Michael Bay, Andrew Form, and Brad Fuller (the trio from Platinum Dunes) on the project, which is based on Cecil Castellucci's sci-fi survival short story "We Have Always Lived on Mars."
According to THR, Krasinski is not at this time slated to star in the movie, but in addition to directing, he will also produce the project with Allyson Seeger at his Sunday Night Productions label. It's also not yet known who will write the screenplay adaptation of "We Have Always Lived on Mars," but since Krasinski was one of the writers on A Quiet Place (reworking the original screenplay written by Bryan Woods and Scott Beck), it wouldn't be a surprise to see him bring his own vision of Castellucci's short story to life on the page as well as the screen.
Those who have read Castellucci's atmospheric and enigmatic short story may see it as the perfect follow-up film for Krasinski following A Quiet Place. Like his most recent film, "We Have Always Lived on Mars" features a tight-knit family trying to survive a desolate situation, and it should provide the platform for plenty of the tense atmosphere that Krasinski brought to electrifying life in A Quiet Place.
We'll be sure to keep Daily Dead readers updated on Life on Mars as more details are revealed. In the meantime, we have the short story's synopsis and cover art (via Amazon) below:
"Nina, one of the few descendants of human colony on Mars that was abandoned by Earth, is surprised to discover that she can breathe the toxic atmosphere of the Martian surface. The crew, thinking that their attempts at terraforming and breeding for Martian adaptability have finally payed off, rejoice at the prospect of a brighter future. But Nina's about to unlock the mystery of the disaster that stranded them on Mars… and nothing will ever be the same."
Artwork by Carl Wiens:
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