A Cloverfield sequel has been rumored for quite some time, ever since the found-footage monster film opened in January of 2008. It seems the idea for a sequel has never left the mind of J.J. Abrams, and the mystery box still seems to be in full effect with the out-of-nowhere release of a trailer for the movie set to release on March 11. 10 Cloverfield Lane is Cloverfield's "blood relative," according to Abrams in a statement to Collider.
10 Cloverfield Lane was produced by Abrams and directed by Dan Trachtenberg, written by Matt Stuecken, Josh Campbell and Damien Chazelle.
"The idea came up a long time ago during production. We wanted to make it a blood relative of Cloverfield," Abrams said. "The idea was developed over time. We wanted to hold back the title for as long as possible."While promoting the independent film Faults, Winstead revealed that the story for this film centers on a woman being kept in an underground cellar by a complete stranger.
"He tells me that basically the world is over outside because there's been a nuclear fall-out. It does have similarity to Faults, in some ways, because you don't know who's telling the truth or who to believe. There's a lot of, who's manipulating who, and all of that. Tonally, it's very different, but it has some of those same themes."10 Cloverfield Lane may be taking place years after the incident in the first Cloverfield film, but that has yet to be confirmed. As far as a timeline for this film and when exactly it's taking place, that information is being kept under wraps. The trailer for this Cloverfield follow-up apparently debuted during some recent screenings of Michael Bay's newest film 13 Hours.
Trachtenberg had been hired to make a movie called Valencia for J.J. Abram's film company, Bad Robot, and the plot details were just as Winstead described. However, a hint of it being something related to Cloverfield was nowhere to be found, until now. J.J.'s mystery box does its magic yet again, only a few months after having released Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
The month of March is going to be quite a hectic time for geeks everywhere. Not only is Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice being released the same weekend as Marvel/Netflix's Daredevil, fanboys can also add 10 Cloverfield Lane to their schedule.
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