J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot dropped a huge surprise back in January when it released a trailer for 10 Cloverfield Lane, a follow-up to the 2009 found footage monster movie. Speaking to Fandango, Abrams has been discussing the new film, where he stresses that it’s not a direct sequel to Cloverfield.
“This movie is very purposefully not called Cloverfield 2, because it’s not Cloverfield 2,” states Abrams. “The association is clear and there are multiple connections – and there is a bigger idea at play for us with these movies and this connection. [It doesn’t take place during the first movie], but there’s a larger thing at play with these connections. And the fun of it is that some of these connections – and there’s a lot of them – are not the kind of connections you might think. So if you’re approaching it as a literal sequel, you’ll be surprised to see what this movie is. But while it’s not what you might expect from a movie that has the name ‘Cloverfield’ in it, I think you’ll find that you’ll understand the connection when you see the whole thing.”
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“The story of this movie – and it came to us originally as a spec that was very different in a lot of ways and an unrelated thing altogether – is definitely about different kinds of monsters,” he continues. “And while the Cloverfield monster isn’t in this movie, there’s a new monster and there’s something else that happens… but I don’t want to ruin the ending.”
Meanwhile, speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Abrams has revealed that he has an idea for a third movie, stating that: “I would be lying if I didn’t say there was something else that, if we’re lucky enough to do it, could be really cool that connects some stories. This is just this movie, and it’s only two films that we’re talking about right now. There is something else that we’d like to do, and hopefully we’ll get a shot.”
10 Cloverfield Lane is set for release on March 11th, with Dan Trachtenberg (Portal: No Escape) directing a cast that includes Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher Jr., and John Goodman.
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Originally published February 28, 2016. Updated November 29, 2022.
