Cloverfield sequel?

Posted on May 20, 2008
Filed Under Directors, News, Rumors

Not surprisingly, the box office hit Cloverfield might be up for an sequel. Personally I didn’t really enjoy it that much. Maybe the hype ruined it for me? There was too much talk, way too early, and once I finally got to watch it was kind of… predictable? Visually it was very much like a big budget Blair Witch film, with the whole movie being filmed in the perspective of a hand-held video camera. Very intense and almost a documentary feeling to it. But, still it’s just a monster movie with a so-so script.

But, as always, if it brings in the mighty dollar, probability is you will see a sequel in the not so distant future.

Recently J.J. Abrams, co-producer of the hit monster film Cloverfield, told Sci Fi Wire that a sequel may or may not happen and revealed that he’s more inclined to do something with his Cloverfield partners, writer Drew Goddard and director Matt Reeves, other than a follow-up.

“We’re talking about it,” Abrams said of “Cloverfield 2″ during an interview recently. “But the truth is there’s another idea that I’d rather do with the same people than do a sequel. It’s a whole new thing.”

Abrams added, “So my dream is to work with Goddard and Reeves again, but do something that’s new. Having said that, Drew and Matt both, separately, have really good ideas for what ‘Cloverfield 2′ could be. So I don’t know. We’ll see. I know the studio wants it.”

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