Babak Anvari is ready to direct a brand new sequel to Cloverfield, which is reportedly a direct sequel to Matt Reeves’s authentic 2008 movie.
In a brand new interview through the SXSW premiere of his newest movie Hallow Highway, Anvari teased the brand new sequel.
“So unhappy that I can not as a result of everybody on that staff may be very secretive, which I perceive,” Anvari informed Countdown Metropolis Geeks. “However no matter occurs, simply know that hopefully you’re going to get one thing wonderful.”
Though Anvari didn’t disclose any particulars concerning the follow-up movie, he did categorical his pleasure concerning the challenge as “excessive.”
Deadline reported in December 2022 that Anvari was connected to direct the brand new Cloverfield film with Joe Barton writing the script, J.J. Abrams producing for Dangerous Robotic, together with Hannah Minghella and Jon Cohen. Bryan Burk, Matt Reeves, and Drew Goddard are additionally connected as government producers.
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Cloverfield is a found-footage horror movie which follows six folks fleeing from a monster assault in New York Metropolis. The movie starred Michael Stahl-David, Odette Yustman, Mike Vogel, Jessica Lucas, T.J. Miller, Lizzy Caplan, Ben Feldman, and extra.
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The film impressed follow-up movies set in the identical universe, equivalent to 2016’s 10 Cloverfield Lane and 2018’s The Cloverfield Paradox.
The franchise additionally impressed a manga graphic novel titled Cloverfield/Kishin, which detailed the lives of two college students searching for shelter earlier than the Chuai incident seen within the movie’s viral advertising marketing campaign.
