The director of the Cloverfield sequel finally breaks the silence with an update

Years have passed since we had some kind of updating on Cloverfield Sequel, but director Babak Anvari has finally provided one.

While he spoke to Sxsw during the premiere of his new film, Hallow RoadAnvari confirmed that the project is still being developed but has remained in jokes with all the important details.

This marks the first official word of the film since it was announced as a director in September 2022.

Anvari explained: “So sad that I can’t [talk about the Cloverfield sequel] Because everyone in that team are very secret, which I understand. Whatever happens, know that, hopefully, you will get something extraordinary. “

Although his declaration does not offer much information, he confirms that the project has not been demolished. Since almost two and a half years have passed since the Paramount and Bad Robot images have recognized the latest film, this is at least a confirmation that something is still preparing.

The rejection of Anvari to pay the details on the project is completely on the brand Cloverfield. The franchise has always had this blanket of unconventional secrecy and marketing, dating back to the surprise teaser of the original film of 2008, which fell without title.

10 Cloverfield Lane it was not even revealed as part of the universe until months before its release e The Cloverfield paradox It was dropped to Netflix just a few hours after an advertisement of the Super Bowl in 2018. It seems that the fourth episode is following the example, whatever it may end.

THE Cloverfield The franchising had a unique and sometimes rough evolution. The original 2008, directed by Matt ReevesIt was a monstrous show with the footage that put the audience right in the middle of a Kaiju attack in New York City.

Eight years later, 10 Cloverfield Lane He has adopted a radically different approach, offering a psychological thriller aimed at only connections dissolved to the first film.

That experimental approach had a failure with The Cloverfield paradoxa science fiction film originally developed as an autonomous project (Particle of God) before being forcibly back in the franchise. Extended reshoots have increased its $ 5 million to $ 40 million and, after a hasty version on Netflix, was widely axled for its disordered narrative and last minute connections to Cloverfield.

Adding another complication, JJ Abramswhich was the driving force of Bad Robot and the Cloverfield The brand started from Paramount in 2019 to pursue an agreement with Warner Bros. This left the franchise in limbo, further delaying any progress on a new episode.

Joe Barton Initially it was led to write the script for the new sequel at the beginning of 2021, with relationships that suggest that the new film would serve as a direct sequel to the original. However, with so much time spent and little emergence of information, it is not clear how much Barton’s screenplay is still at stake.

I guess we will find out in the end!