10 Cloverfield Lane (Cloverfield Sequel?)

Basq

A trailer just surfaced this morning.

Possibly not a sequel but certainly in the same universe as the original..

Good cast in Goodman, Winstead and Gallagher Jr.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guGBUaxtwxE

The original Cloverfield was a film that shot out of nowhere, courtesy of a trailer for the movie when people didn’t even know at that stage it existed.

Paramount may have pulled a similar trick again.

There have long been rumours of a Cloverfield 2, but no sign of it happening. However, US viewers watching Michael Bay’s new movie, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi, got something of a surprise when the trailer for a film called 10 Cloverfield Lane started playing.

We don’t think it’s a leap of faith to suggest that has something to do with Cloverfield.

Once again, it comes from JJ Abrams’ production company, Bad Robot, and once again it’s a Paramount film. And we now learn that the trailer will be online officially later today. We’ll post it when it arrives.

Furthermore, JJ Abrams has basically confirmed it’s a new Cloverfield movie too, telling Collider that “the idea came up a long time ago during production. We wanted to make it a blood relative of Cloverfield. The idea was developed over time. We wanted to hold back the title for as long as possible”.

Source: DenOfGeek

Cloverfield is a real marmite movie, but I actually enjoyed the original.. although it's been a long time since I've seen it!

EDIT: Oh, and loving the use of "I Think We're Alone Now" in this trailer..

Mitch Connor

Wonder if what she sees at the end of the trailer, and whatever shakes the bunker is related to the alien in Cloverfield.

Zombienosh

Just read about this there. I am so on board for all of this.

Absolutely loved Cloverfield, especially the viral marketing and trailers. It's the perfect way to build up suspense, They never gave anything away but still had everyone captivated.

pixelburp

Intriguing; judging the titles & how 'Cloverfield' appears first, hard not to think they're taking their cue from the previous film; perhaps it's a situation / world where those monsters became part of the everyday & nobody had access to a Jaeger or two

Have to really think back on what I thought of Cloverfield, and as much as I hate the gimmick of 'Found Footage', the film kept me fairly gripped - despite the constant urge to vomit. And as obnoxious as the yuppies that passed for a main cast were, they were were more palatable than the mannequins used in the more recent Godzilla film (to compare one monster flick with another )

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Duggy747

Supposedly, this was a completely different movie that was filmed called Valencia that was then decided late in the stage by Paramount to connect it to Cloverfield.

From Reddit

Reddit wrote:

It was unfinished for a long time because this movie was originally part of Paramount's Insurge Division(source: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/paramount-downgrades-low-budget-insurge-783745), which was a sector of Paramount devoted to low budget films made for 5 million or less. The Insurge divison collapsed and folded up and this film(when it was originally called Valencia) was caught in limbo with no studio home.
Eventually it was grabbed up by Paramount again and new scenes were written in by Dan Casey to connect the film to the Cloverfield universe so it would actually make some money in theaters. Those new scenes/reshoots were shot in in March 2015 and they've spent the last year editing and adding effects.
I'm starting to get a real funny feeling about this film the more and more I dig around. The original script, the fact that none of the original Cloverfield crew are involved(aside from JJ), and the fact that Paramount is releasing a film with a 5 million dollar budget in IMAX, is beginning to seem like a big cash grab for Paramount to make a few quick bucks off of an orphaned movie that they bought up.
Here's some more info about the film in its original state: http://logins.specscout.com/homepage.php?mod=screenplay&smod=coverage&cmd=cvgd&sp_id=287

Sad Professor

Reminds me of the Lost season 2 opening scene, which I always assumed was Lindelof's idea. Cloverfield itself always seemed like it was inspired by Abrams's original idea for the monster in the Lost pilot.

brevity

Yea, I was a huge fan of Cloverfield and all the viral stuff that came with it.

Hopefully this is good as well.

homerun_homer

I was a big fan of Cloverfield, while not perfect I did enjoy the marketing and tease that came with it. I got my brother in law to watch it on DVD ages later and he had no idea that the movie would go the direction of a monster movie. He was blown away by it.

I got excited to see this trailer, especially given the cast in it but the text above does worry me. Hopefully this is good and will re-invigorate the franchise and get it going again.

Zombienosh

Duggy747 wrote: »

Supposedly, this was a completely different movie that was filmed called Valencia that was then decided late in the stage by Paramount to connect it to Cloverfield.

From Reddit

That original script sounded like it would have been good too.

drake70

Nearly six years ago on boards: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055808719

Around the same time the idea of it being from the POV of the other person on the bridge with a camera (which gets a mention in linked thread) was being bandied about alot.

tok9

I'm intrigued but I get the feeling this has very little to with Cloverfield bar the premise that they're unable to leave due to the aliens outside.

They weren't aliens, I don't believe. Wasn't it a creature that lay dormant in the ocean, but only came back to life because of drilling for oil?

This looks intriguing. Could be Misery meets the Mist.

pixelburp

Deleted User wrote: »

They weren't aliens, I don't believe. Wasn't it a creature that lay dormant in the ocean, but only came back to life because of drilling for oil?

This looks intriguing. Could be Misery meets the Mist.

There's evidence in Cloverfield that the monster was from space; a real blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment, but it might have tied into events. In the very, very last scene,

and in the background of the video footage, you can see something large falling from the sky and plunging into the ocean. It's not explicitly linked to the monster, but the framing of the shot does indicate that i was something worth noting for those watching.

TerrorFirmer

Sounds like a lazy cash grab to me - they've basically shoehorned the Cloverfield universe into what was originally a totally different movie.

It's not going to a be a monster movie, the monster may be central to the films plot but it won't be visually significant.

Quote about early screening of the movie and someone who saw it in November:

This was a post by someone who has 3000+ posts on Collider, so probably not a random troll account. He, too, suggests no connection.

"it has nothing to do with Cloverfield. They are trying to tie it with a well known property. There is no Cloverfield monster in this movie. This is just a marketing trick."

The budget is only 5 million - plenty for a drama/thriller set within the confines of a bunker, of course, and no indication that it can't be a good movie. But I feel the whole Cloverfield tack-on is a cheap ploy just to make money.

I would guess that the monster, or monsters, will be added to the final few minutes of the movie - whatever way the world was meant to look outside the bunker will be changed to fit the Cloverfield story.

Anyone looking for a good post-apocalyptic bunker movie, incidentally, The Divide was pretty good.

BoJack Horseman

If I had to guess, it will be a low-budget thing.... one small set, 3 actors.

People held hostage in a bunker for a long time.... the world is going to hell around them (unbeknownst to them.
The women escaping to ground level (I guess) could be the final shot, where instead of freedom she sees the outside teeming with those smaller monster things that were carried on the large Cloverfield monster.

A remake of 'Room' perhaps.

pixelburp

pixelburp wrote: »

There's evidence in Cloverfield that the monster was from space; a real blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment, but it might have tied into events. In the very, very last scene,

and in the background of the video footage, you can see something large falling from the sky and plunging into the ocean. It's not explicitly linked to the monster, but the framing of the shot does indicate that i was something worth noting for those watching.

Thinking about this again.. you reminded me of a theory I read, where

what was actually seen falling from space was a satellite, which fell and awoke the monster.

. Had forgotten about the scene you're talking about. Likely though, unless they expand on it in this sequel, which, if people here are correct, won't be explained, so either one of us would be right.

dreamers75

Doubt anything will be explained in this but is it really complete and ready for release?

1st movie I know that comes out in this way if it is ready.

hatrickpatrick

pixelburp wrote: »

There's evidence in Cloverfield that the monster was from space; a real blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment, but it might have tied into events. In the very, very last scene,

and in the background of the video footage, you can see something large falling from the sky and plunging into the ocean. It's not explicitly linked to the monster, but the framing of the shot does indicate that i was something worth noting for those watching.

During the viral marketing campaign, it's explained that Clover is one of several gigantic deep sea creatures which is unwittingly disturbed by the satellite seen crashing into the sea in the final scene of the movie (the holiday video) and is then led to the shore by salvage crews who go out to search for the wreckage.

hatrickpatrick

I personally find it highly unlikely that this will be the low key cash grab people are suggesting.

1) JJ Abrams wouldn't risk the good name of his Cloverfield project with something like that, and he's definitely powerful enough in the business that they wouldn't have been able to force him to.

2) It's being released in IMAX, which seems unlikely if it's entirely filmed indoors - some movies like Paranormal Activity were done this way but those are very much the exception

3) A viral marketing campaign for the film would appear to have already begun - the folks at http://reddit.com/10CloverfieldLane have been scavenging for clues for the last few days and have already stumbled across one major lead, a drinks company features in the movie which has some "peculiar" advertisements for products on its website

4) Bad Robot and JJ Abrams are absolutely notorious for deception and misleading. It's very possible that "this is just a tackily added on backstory to a totally different story" is exactly what they want people to think.

To be honest, I'd say it'll be a good movie one way or another, but I certainly hope that the theories that it's less Cloverfield related than it seems are false. We'll have to wait and see though - been a while since we've had an exciting ARG to follow with a movie!

hatrickpatrick

The UK's release date has been moved to March 11th to match the US's, but Ireland's is still April 8th. I urge anyone who's excited about this movie to tweet @bad_robot and @ParamountIRL to ask them to change ours as well - it was petitioning from fans on social media which convinced them to move it for the UK, and given how easily spoilers spread through Ireland from the UK, I reckon we can easily enough convince them that Ireland and the UK need to release on the same date.

johnny_ultimate

99.9% of films release in Ireland and the U.K. on the same date, so if they've moved the latter already the date here has almost certainly moved too. No pestering required.

hatrickpatrick

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

99.9% of films release in Ireland and the U.K. on the same date, so if they've moved the latter already the date here has almost certainly moved too. No pestering required.

Unfortunately if you check the official website, this isn't the case...

http://www.10cloverfieldlane.com/_apps/releasedates/release-dates.html

Someone over on the Reddit made a petition for it:

https://www.change.org/p/paramount-pictures-irish-film-board-change-10-cloverfield-lane-s-release-date-in-ireland

Frank O. Pinion

IMDB says it's March 11th for Ireland.

hatrickpatrick

Frank O. Pinion wrote: »

IMDB says it's March 11th for Ireland.

IMDB is user edited though isn't it? I'd be more inclined to believe the movie's official website...

Tony EH

One of the best trailers for a film that I've seen in ages.

It didn't tell me anything other than the fact that I want to see more.

Zombienosh

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Sounds like a lazy cash grab to me - they've basically shoehorned the Cloverfield universe into what was originally a totally different movie.

It's not going to a be a monster movie, the monster may be central to the films plot but it won't be visually significant.

Quote about early screening of the movie and someone who saw it in November:



The budget is only 5 million - plenty for a drama/thriller set within the confines of a bunker, of course, and no indication that it can't be a good movie. But I feel the whole Cloverfield tack-on is a cheap ploy just to make money.

I would guess that the monster, or monsters, will be added to the final few minutes of the movie - whatever way the world was meant to look outside the bunker will be changed to fit the Cloverfield story.

Anyone looking for a good post-apocalyptic bunker movie, incidentally, The Divide was pretty good.

I recently watched "Hidden" It made me think it could be like this, the threat of what they are hiding from will be kept until last and be very minor.

The Black Oil

Sad Professor wrote: »

Reminds me of the Lost season 2 opening scene, which I always assumed was Lindelof's idea.

Same. Expected The Mamas and the Papas to kick in any second.

Zombienosh

The Tagruato PAge just updates its employ of the month page.

http://tagruato.jp/employee_of_the_month_2016_february.php

Anyone look familiar?

Slydice

Superbowl spot:

hatrickpatrick

Does anyone know if this movie has been affected by that ridiculous feud between one of the Irish cinema chains and a British distributor? Can't find any info on it in "coming soon" on the IMC website, I thought all that moronic INC crap had been sorted out years ago?

Don't mind heading into town to see it in Cineworld, but it's a pain nonetheless.

tok9

So reviews for this have been surprisingly good!

simdan

tok9 wrote:

So reviews for this have been surprisingly good!

Seems that way.. 7.9 on imdb.. Goodman must make the movie

flangemeistro

tok9 wrote: »

So reviews for this have been surprisingly good!

Why surprisingly? It's Abrams and Goodman, what is there not to like?

Bacchus

flangemeistro wrote: »

Why surprisingly? It's Abrams and Goodman, what is there not to like?

+1 The trailer looks great and it's Goodman

I guess the muddled production history could be cause for concern over how good it will be but it's all smoke and mirrors when it comes to Abrams.

tok9

It just seeemed like a cash grab adding the Cloverfield name to the movie.

I'm just curious now if it has much to do with it or if the movie just stands on it's own and never needed the branding.

Zombienosh

Don't think this really has anything to do with Cloverfield other than the name, its out here on the 18th.

homerun_homer

Cloverfield monster or not, I'm looking forward to this. The reviews sound good and best to go in knowing damn all. I like the idea that there can be loads of movies that aren't direct sequels but are set in that world. I can just imagine it all tying in to the arrival of Voltron to defeat the monster:pac:

Duggy747

Most praises of the film seem to be towards Goodman's performance which is good to hear, he's very entertaining to watch.

hatrickpatrick

Ok I just saw this yesterday in Cineworld's IMAX screen. Go and see it, literally the minute it opens properly in Ireland - and I highly recommend the IMAX version if you're up for that!

It's epic. Absolutely epic. In my opinion, a lot scarier than the first one (far more horror / psychological thriller elements alongside the action elements than the first one had) and is basically non stop excitement and tension pretty much from the first ten minutes on.

Regarding the connection between this and the original Cloverfield:

The connection will only be clear to you if you have followed the viral marketing for both films, specifically the part involving the suspicious corporation "Tagruato".

jcsoulinger

Saw this tonight agree completely with the previous poster, great movie.

One thing Id like to hear people's opinion on is,

did Howard have any sexual feelings toward Michelle or did he see himself as her father figure?, I'm thinking it was more paternal but not sure.

Shlippery

Cracking movie. Went in blind and loved it.

Sound editing was class. Some great oh **** moments laced throughout!

smuckers

Thought it was good but not amazing, Goodman was brilliant, but felt they spent too long in the cabin, and then 10 mins of aliens, felt rushed and no balance.

jcsoulinger

Cabin? It's clearly a bunker , To me what happens in the bunker is the movie everything post that is just the cherry on top so to speak.

I would consider using spoilers in that post tbh.

e_e

Cineworld the only place in Dublin city playing it. What's the story there?

Even my local cinemas are only showing it in small screens solely in the evening.

evil_seed

I'd love someone to explain this to me. Was it another film tacked on at the end? John Goodman was excellent I have to say. Uber creepy

jcsoulinger

evil_seed wrote: »

I'd love someone to explain this to me. Was it another film tacked on at the end? John Goodman was excellent I have to say. Uber creepy

Not much to explain really,

The attack that happened just before they entered the bunker was actually an alien attack, when Michelle escapes the bunker the world is at war with aliens

evil_seed

jcsoulinger wrote: »

Not much to explain really,

The attack that happened just before they entered the bunker was actually an alien attack, when Michelle escapes the bunker the world is at war with aliens

It seemed so rushed though. Twist ending, there's no twist

titan18

evil_seed wrote: »

It seemed so rushed though. Twist ending, there's no twist

How was it a twist? The film is called 10 Cloverfield Lane, not expecting aliens in it after the first film is stupid.

jcsoulinger

titan18 wrote: »

How was it a twist? The film is called 10 Cloverfield Lane, not expecting aliens in it after the first film is stupid.

I seen it with someone who didn't know anything about the first movie and they were very surprised by the ending, so I guess it is a twist in that way.

When it's revealed that

Howard kidnapped Michelle and another woman

is also a twist imo.

Turtyturd

Just out of it. Thought it was enjoyable enough but there was just something off about it the whole way through, and a lot of jokes/lines of dialogue missed the mark. Has it been confirmed to have originated as another movie with the Cloverfield name tagged on before release, cos it's easy to see where the stories come from.

Would have liked to have seen a more

direct connection to original Cloverfield creature once outside the bunker.