The release date for the upcoming Quiet Place prequel, A Quiet Place: Day One, has been pushed back from March 8 to June 28, 2024. The shuffle is due to the actors’ and writers’ strikes, which halted production. Other affected films include the Ryan Reynolds comedy IF and an untitled SpongeBob SquarePants movie.

In August, Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish told Variety that filming on A Quiet Place: Day One concluded in London before the SAG-AFTRA strike began. While he expressed optimism about the studio’s current movie lineup, Bakish admitted that the strike does present some marketing challenges. However, he was confident that something could be worked out in terms of release strategy.

Written and directed by Michael Sarnoski, A Quiet Place: Day One serves as a prequel to the story created by John Krasinski. The story follows new characters as they try to survive the first invasion by the sound-sensitive monsters in New York City. The movie stars Lupita Nyong’o, Joseph Quinn, Alex Wolff, Djimon Hounsou, and Denis O’Hare.

Even though Krasinski won’t be directing the Quiet Place prequel, he is attached as a producer. The Quiet Place movies have been a popular addition to the sci-fi horror genre since the first film was released in 2018. The story is set in a post-apocalyptic world where Earth has been invaded by mysterious creatures that are blind but have hypersensitive hearing.

These creatures hunt and kill anything that makes noise, which has forced the remaining humans to live in near-total silence. A Quiet Place follows the Abbott family, who communicate through sign language and take extreme precautions to avoid making any noise. The family’s struggle for survival intensifies when they discover that Evelyn (Emily Blunt) is pregnant.