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Why Cloverfield Took So Long To Get A Sequel

It took the 2008 American monster film Cloverfielda long time to get a sequel. The original, produced by J.J. Abrams, directed by Matt Reeves, and written by Drew Goddard, centers on a group of five young New Yorkers who are trying to survive an attack on the city by a giant alien monster and small parasitic creatures. Cloverfield is a “found footage” style movie, presented as material from a personal video camera recovered by the U.S. Department of Defense.

The 2008 movie starts off focusing on the character Rob (Michael Stahl-David), whose brother, Jason (Mike Vogel), is throwing him a farewell party before he departs for a new job in Japan. Viewers are then introduced to Hud (T.J. Miller), who goes on to record most of the events of the movie. Before the characters learn that a monster is attacking the city, they are under the impression that an earthquake is what's causing mayhem.

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When they learn the truth, the party-goers join the evacuation of the city. Jason is supposedly killed, and Hud and Rob—joined by Jason’s fiancé Lily (Jessica Lucas) and her friend Marlena (Lizzy Caplan)—trek to Midtown Manhattan to rescue Beth (Odette Yustman), Rob’s on-again, off-again girlfriend who is trapped in her apartment. Along the way, the group experiences a series of chaotic events: they are caught in the middle of a battle between the monster and the National Guard, and Marlena is bitten by a parasitic creature and dies. Eventually, Hud is killed by the giant monster, and audiences are treated to an up close view of a monstrous, city-destroying rampage. Cloverfield was a hit, but fans waited a long time for the next installment - here's why.

Why Cloverfield Took So Long To Get A Sequel

While Cloverfield quickly gained a cult following after its release, mostly thanks to its unique style and its exciting hidden messages, it took a long time for a sequel to come out. In fact, it took eight years. In 2016, 10 Cloverfield Lanecame out. The movie was produced by Abrams and Lindsey Weber; directed by Dan Trachtenberg; and written by Josh Campbell, Matt Stuecken, and Damien Chazelle. It centers on a young woman named Michelle (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) who is held in an underground bunker with two men who tell her that the surface of the Earth is uninhabitable. Unlike its predecessor, this film isn’t told in found footage style.

The sequel took a long time to make because it was hard for the show runners to decide where to take the Cloverfield story. Also, producer Abrams was extremely busy between 2008-2016; two Star Trek movies, two Mission: Impossible movies, and Star Wars: The Force Awakenswere just a few of the movies he released during that time. The Cloverfield sequel ended up being developed using an outside script called The Cellar. Then, under production by Bad Robot, it was adapted to be set in the Cloverfield universe, and established the ground for a full franchise. Of course, the franchise went on to expand; in 2018, The Cloverfield Paradoxcame out. There has been talk of a fourth film, production of which was reportedly postponed repeatedly over the past couple of years, but as of 2020, there's no new information regarding another movie in the Cloverfield franchise.

Source: screenrant.com