It’s now been nearly 15 years since the found footage film Cloverfield brought a giant monster into New York City, the 2008 film subsequently spawning a loosely connected universe of movies that has thus far included the excellent 10 Cloverfield Lane and the not-so-excellent The Cloverfield Paradox. And it seems another Cloverfield movie is now on the way!
Deadline reports today that Babak Anvari (Under the Shadow, Wounds) is directing a new Cloverfield movie for Paramount, with Joe Barton being hired to write the script.
The last time this project popped up it had been described as the first true sequel to Cloverfield, but Deadline’s report this morning notes that all plot details are under wraps.
Deadline reports, “It is unknown how this new installment will link to its predecessors; whether its straight sequel to the original or an anthology piece that is set in the Cloverfield universe.”
Either way, it sounds like this one is a Cloverfield movie from the ground up, which should result in a new franchise installment with a firm connection to the 2008 movie. Stay tuned.
J.J. Abrams is producing for Bad Robot, along with Hannah Minghella and Jon Cohen. Bryan Burk, Matt Reeves, and Drew Goddard will executive produce.
Up to this point, Cloverfield “sequels” have essentially been unrelated movies with loose ties to director Matt Reeves’ 2008 movie, with The Cloverfield Paradox explaining that a rip in the space-time continuum spilled all kinds of monsters out into all kinds of different timelines. And, well, that’s pretty much been the loosely defined “Cloverfield Franchise” thus far, the follow-up films taking a “it’s not a Cloverfield movie… until it is… sort of” approach.
Could we finally be getting a true Cloverfield 2? Here’s hoping.
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