10 years in the past, the sci-fi style acquired an unimaginable horror/thriller with 10 Cloverfield Lane. The film starred Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Michelle, who, after a automobile crash, wakes up in a bunker with Howard (John Goodman) and Emmett (John Gallagher Jr.) and is instructed she’s unable to depart as a result of air turning into toxic after an assault.
Directed by Dan Trachtenberg, it was a shock second installment within the Cloverfield franchise, coming eight years after Matt Reeves’ authentic sci-fi monster film. 10 Cloverfield Lane took a really totally different method, telling a tense and psychological story earlier than alien ships and extra enter the image by the tip.
The film proved to be a success with critics (91% on Rotten Tomatoes) and audiences ($110 million field workplace), with the Cloverfield franchise branching out from there. That response by no means led to a direct 10 Cloverfield Lane sequel coming into improvement. The probabilities of it taking place at this level have all the time appeared low, till now.
Dan Trachtenberg’s Paramount Deal Might Spark 10 Cloverfield Lane Sequel Discussions
Hope could also be alive for Michelle’s story to proceed with a 10 Cloverfield Lane sequel because of Dan Trachtenberg organising a brand new take care of Paramount Photos, the studio that produced the 2016 movie. He now has a three-year first-look take care of the studio to develop motion pictures for them. This might embrace authentic tales from the director, however franchises are additionally positive to be a part of the combo.
He is landed the deal after spending the final a number of years working for Disney and twentieth Century to carry the Predator franchise again to life. And he did simply that, delivering three critically-acclaimed movies that generated recent pleasure for the IP. Trachtenberg may get his fingers on main Paramount franchises like Star Trek, G.I. Joe, or Transformers with this deal.
However a return to Cloverfield can also be within the playing cards. 10 Cloverfield Lane is the film that made Paramount conversant in Trachtenberg within the first place and the place he made his directorial debut. It might be a full circle second for him to increase the story now that he is again.
This is not purely wishful pondering, both. Again in 2023, Trachtenberg instructed CinemaBlend that he stays excited about making a 10 Cloverfield Lane sequel, and that he and Winstead had some “what if” conversations earlier than:
I might nonetheless completely be open to it. I feel Mary [Elizabeth Winstead] would. … We talked just a little bit in like ‘what if’ situations. After which I used to be pulled, all of the filmmakers had been form of pulled into different issues. However I might nonetheless contemplate it.
After spending just a few years within the franchise growth recreation with Predator, maybe he is able to do it with 10 Cloverfield Lane subsequent.
Why A ten Cloverfield Lane Sequel Nonetheless Wants To Occur
Though a full decade has handed since 10 Cloverfield Lane, that doesn’t imply its missed its window to have a sequel. Paramount remains to be seeking to make the most of this IP. Cloverfield 2 is in lively improvement at the same time as we method the twentieth anniversary of the primary movie. There’s nonetheless room for 10 Cloverfield Lane to get its personal correct sequel, then, too.
The film stays beloved, in spite of everything. I do know I am not the one one who desires to see Winstead return and proceed Michelle’s storyline. It is likely to be too late to do a direct sequel exhibiting her battling aliens in Houston, however a sequel exploring the state of the world just a few years later and the continued battle with the extra-terrestrials can be value doing.
Finally, Trachtenberg has confirmed he can brilliantly spin new tales out of current worlds that are not what audiences count on. Seeing what route he’d take a 10 Cloverfield Lane sequel is value Paramount placing it into improvement, particularly if any of Trachtenberg’s “what if” situations are thrilling sufficient for him to wish to pursue.
- Launch Date
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March 10, 2016
- Runtime
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103 Minutes
- Director
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Dan Trachtenberg
- Writers
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Josh Campbell, Matthew Stuecken, Damien Chazelle