Will There Be Any More Cloverfield Movies? | Screen Rant – Screen Rant

A decade has passed since its debut and Cloverfield still has never gotten a true sequel but will it ever happen? Here's what fans should expect.

J.J. Abrams has teased a properCloverfield sequel for years, but isthe movie ever actually going to happen? 2008'sCloverfield became a sleeper hit within the horror movie world, leaving fans clamoring for a continuation of the story.Spiritual sequels10 Cloverfield Lane andThe Cloverfield Paradox have been released in the meantime, but they never finished the story that was first told in the original movie.

Cloverfieldfollows a group of New Yorkers as they attempt to survive a monster attack on the city. The next movie in the franchise,10 Cloverfield Lane, centers on a group of survivors riding out a simultaneous attack across the country.The Cloverfield Paradox, which is the third installment in the series, is a trippy look at the scientists who caused the very rift that unleashed theCloverfield monster. 10 Cloverfield LaneandThe Cloverfield Paradox mayfill in small gaps forCloverfield, but they functionmore like companion pieces than a true sequel to the original.

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Given the lasting legacy ofCloverfield, it's only natural that fans have been pushing for a sequel for more than a decade. But given the unorthodox nature of the franchise on top of Abrams' recent Warner Bros. deal, it's time fans let go of that hope, as another Cloverfieldmovie seems very unlikely at this stage. In fact, theseries is better off if atrue Cloverfield series is never made here's why.

Cloverfield isn't a franchise in the traditional sense of the word. In fact, it was never intended to be a franchise from the start. Each movie that followedCloverfieldwas reworked once it was already written to fit into theexistinguniverse. Abrams' production company, Bad Robot, acquired each respective script and tweaked them to subtly connect toCloverfield. Abrams' reasoning for reverse engineering each of these films was none other than that he essentially just thought each film had potential to work in theCloverfield universe.

With10 Cloverfield Lane, Abrams got lucky that his strategy happened to work. 10 Cloverfield Lane established itself as a solid, standalone horror movie theCloverfield twist at the end was just a fun kicker. ButThe Cloverfield Paradoxwas too intent onreworking a movie so that it couldspecifically answer questions posed inCloverfield,whichdidn't work out as well.

The negative response might have been the final straw in closing the door on the series for good.The varying degrees of reception among the otherCloverfieldmovies just goes to show that sequels in this franchise won't really work in the traditional sense.Cloverfield was a unique and complete story in itself. The horror movie left its audience with the idea that not everything is meant to be understood. The franchise's second installment understood that.The Cloverfield Paradoxdid not, causing it to be a failure among critics and fans alike. A trueCloverfield sequel would likely go down the same path as the movie's most recent addition trying to answer questions better left unspoken, resulting in a clunky and confusing movie.

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