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J.J. Abrams Talks 'Cloverfield' Sequel Development
Saturday, February 28, 2009


By: MrDisgusting
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After stomping all over the box office last January, it was shocking to hear Cloverfield producer J.J. Abrams and director Matt Reeves nix the idea of a potential sequel. While some good news came out of Reeves last November, there was still a heavy cloud of doubt looming over the should-be project. This weekend J.J. Abrams was on hand at Wondercon to talk about his hit TV series "Fringe" (did you see that Brad Anderson episode? Wow!), and during the panel he explained that a sequel is currently in the works (yay!). Read on for the story.

From Comingsoon:

"We're actually working on an idea right now," Abrams told the packed crowd. "The key obviously at doing any kind of sequel, certainly this film included, is that it better not be a business decision. If you're going to do something, it should be because you're really inspired to do it. It doesn't really have to mean anything, doesn't mean it will work, but it means we did it because we cared, not because we thought we could get the bucks. We have an idea that we thought was pretty cool that we're playing with, which means there will be something that's connected to 'Cloverfield,' but I hope it happens sooner than later because the idea is pretty sweet."




Source: Comingsoon

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Martyr-X
10:55pm, February 28, 2009

AWESOME!! I HOPE IT GETS DONE SOONER THAN LATER AS WELL CAUSE I FOR ONE LOVED! CLOVERFIELD!


KingOfHorror
10:59pm, February 28, 2009

More Monster! Loved part when it knocks helicopter out of sky!


KingOfHorror
10:59pm, February 28, 2009

More Monster! Loved part when it knocks helicopter out of sky!


letaylor
11:22pm, February 28, 2009

Why is it that I found the viral marketing more intriguing than the film?


AfterTheAsylum
11:22pm, February 28, 2009

I'd like to see a new monster, a mother monster, residing deep in the ocean that would dwarf the Cloverfield monster. I loved Cloverfield, but I wasn't really fond of the monster. I didn't hate it, but it was a bit "meh" to me. I wanted to see something more similar to Lovecraft's Cthulhu: bulky, bipedal (with a preference to being quadrupedal), with a detailed face. Cloverfield was a good monster away from being brilliant in my eyes.


Horror Writer
11:46pm, February 28, 2009

Why do they always have to do a sequel? I love Cloverfield but the fact that they reveal nothing about the monster and it's bareloy glimpsed is what makes it so interesting


nohandtyper
11:50pm, February 28, 2009

Honestly, it would be cool if they also called it Cloverfield. No subtitle, nothing. Then it would seem like it's from the same case, but a different attack or POV. Very exciting!


Jason4eva
11:56pm, February 28, 2009

Great news! I really liked the first one I just hope the second isn't the shaky camera look! I really hate that!


KISSman
12:58am, March 1, 2009

Pleeeeeeease make this movie!!!


D-Nugz!
1:25am, March 1, 2009

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magnaderalpha
1:41am, March 1, 2009

Their approach in making the sequel is probably one of the best approaches you can make. And people say all the film industry is in it JUST for the money! A LOT of movie peeps could take a lesson for J.J! It IS about the love. You can tell what was REALLY driving the original with how every aspect of the original was handled. They just don't make horror movies like that anymore(if they do, it's RARER than rare).


humansoap07
2:49am, March 1, 2009

I can't wait to see this!! I'm gunna guess that Cloverfield is "connected" to the tv show Lost. Just a guess.


ZombieHunter
2:51am, March 1, 2009

Yeah Nohandtyper thats a good idea. same time just different people and we follow their POV. I don't necessarily need it to be filmed with the 'hand held' style either.


ultrazilla2000
3:17am, March 1, 2009

I think it would be cool if the sequel is the same scenario, but centers around a news team following the creature around the city. We'd get more footage of the beast for one thing, as it would be their job to film it! There could also be small plot details coming in via "live feeds" to the reporters from outside sources. Maybe bits on where it came from or what not.


twistedbitch
8:13am, March 1, 2009

Cloverfield to me was a huge let down. If they do another that's great for some, but I won't be watching it.


runbitch!
8:49am, March 1, 2009

Cloverfield was a hell of a good ride, I am definitely down for more....they should make the new monster fly.


JohnMarrone
9:33am, March 1, 2009

Im so pissed I botched a chance to interview the director last time around. I was dying to know if it took a big dump anywhere in the city, and if so, how big was that bad boy? Maybe this time around we'll see. No seriously. I wish they'd gore fest this out. First person view of those parasites really hollowing out some carcasses. Go hardcore.


PresidentObama
12:58pm, March 1, 2009

The original Cloverfield monster had one of the worst monster designs ever. I'm surprised that a lot of people dig it, but is it because we barely got to see the actual thing in the movie? If you look at the action figure as well, it's obvious that the design is something that all other studios would normally ditch. The Cloverfielf monster was at least original, but that doesn't mean that it's good. Look at the Korean monster movie. Now that's a monster, not the stupid one in Cloverfield. If they're going to go with the same monster design, like with not changes at all during the movie, that's going to be like the Jar Jar Binks of monster history.


stuntgirlstef
2:40pm, March 1, 2009

did anyone else notice that all of the soldiers in Cloverfield seemed to have cameras mounted to their helmets? I'm not positive they were cameras, but they looked like cameras. I was thinking that if they made a sequel it would be footage from those cameras, maybe?


Keegsta
2:50pm, March 1, 2009

Extra carnage plz?


flesheater123
3:17pm, March 1, 2009

Fuckin a...please get it out for like a 2010 release, that would be cool, and make it rated R that would be sweet as fuck too.


Jonny Horror
6:18pm, March 1, 2009

My only question is will it be a hand cam film like the first ? It almost seems hokey if they try and do that again. Maybe they have a great idea, so I am open minded to it. An old school, yet visually realistic style like Godzilla might be fun to see.


chambon913
9:05pm, March 1, 2009

I can't wait for a sequel, My idea for Cloverfield 2 is that if it took place in West Coast of the U.S. and not New York because supposedly the Monster destroyed that part and most of the country except the west coast. It would be making its way across the country to the West Coast. Here'a a link to a picture of the Tagruato Drlling Stations all around the World: http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb41/chambon913/drilling stations.jpg Chuai Station is circled and is where supposedly the Monster came from.


Dickie0
1:14am, March 2, 2009

I loved Cloverfield, and I like that guy who earlier said the should just call it Cloverfield with no subtitle. The news crew would be a great idea, and like he/ she said they would probably give us a lot of more info on the monster. Also, I'd like to see its mother!


coffinjoe
11:16am, March 2, 2009

I am not a fan of Cloverfield, I found it to be extremely lame. The viral campaign didn't save this turd. The story had more holes than Dunkin' Donuts. I don't get why the main character would go through a city being destroyed by a giant monster to find a girl that dumped his ass. It was too much of a love story with a monster thrown in. Stupid. I don't get how the camera man gets munched at the end...the monster just came out of nowhere? Stevie Wonder could have seen that thing coming. On the plus side I did like the parasites and the damage they inflicted. How about for the sequel do the exact same monster attack from someone else's point of view, I like the soldier idea with the helmet cam, if they insist on doing the first person angle again.


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