Cast your memory back to 2007 when a mysterious trailer appeared in front of Transformers from JJ Abrams’ production company Bad Robot. There was no hype, no fanfare, not even a title. All we had to go on was some grainy found footage of New York being destroyed and a date, 1.18.08. Of course, that movie turned out to be Cloverfield, and in the years following the movies release, fans have been clamouring for a sequel. And, maybe, just maybe, they now have it. In true Bad Robot fashion, a screening of 13 Hours: Secret Soldiers of the Benghazi (another Michael Bay movie) had a trailer for Dan Trachtenberg’s (the man responsible for the awesome Portal: No Escape short film) debut feature, a thriller starring Mary Elisabeth Winston and John Goodman about a young woman trapped in a bunker by a man who tells her the world outside has been destroyed. The working title of the movie had long been Valencia, then The Cellar. Now, it has a new name: 10 Cloverfield Lane. What’s more, it’s coming our way in a just a few months.
So does this have any actual connection to Cloverfield, or is just some more impressive marketing on behalf of Bad Robot? Well, the man himself, JJ Abrams, clarified things a bit when speaking to Collider:
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.
“Blood relative” doesn’t really scream sequel, but it does suggest that this is somehow connected to the world (the font on the title is pretty much the same). The original draft of Valencia had the world destroyed by a chemical attack. Could the world outside the door in 10 Cloverfield Lane be a charred wasteland brought about the Cloverfield monster? Could be, but one thing is for sure, by making us excited for a movie we know next to nothing about, Bad robot have proved they haven’t lost a step.
10 Cloverfield Lane hits American screens on March 11th, before coming to Irish shores April 8th.
So does this have any actual connection to Cloverfield, or is just some more impressive marketing on behalf of Bad Robot? Well, the man himself, JJ Abrams, clarified things a bit when speaking to Collider:
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.
“Blood relative” doesn’t really scream sequel, but it does suggest that this is somehow connected to the world (the font on the title is pretty much the same). The original draft of Valencia had the world destroyed by a chemical attack. Could the world outside the door in 10 Cloverfield Lane be a charred wasteland brought about the Cloverfield monster? Could be, but one thing is for sure, by making us excited for a movie we know next to nothing about, Bad robot have proved they haven’t lost a step.
10 Cloverfield Lane hits American screens on March 11th, before coming to Irish shores April 8th.
