Total Film are reporting that Matt Reeves, director of Cloverfield, has a sequel in the pipeline.
While discussing his vampire remake “Let Me In” (based on Swedish cult success “Let The Right One In”), Reeves said that Cloverfield 2 was “on hold for now”, at least establishing that it was in development, even if it is not yet fully-formed.
Reeves went on to say that since JJ Abrams (who produced the first Cloverfield) has been involved with Super 8 and he has been caught up with Let Me In, they had to shelve a Cloverfield sequel until they were in a position to “put the team back together”. Hopefully this intention to retain all of the key creative input from the first film will help to keep the quality high for any sequel.
As with anything involving JJ Abrams, there is no indication at the present time of any plot for a sequel. Would they expand beyond the hand-held, recovered-footage, style of the first film? Go back? Go forward? One idea that was mooted around the time of the film’s release revolved around a brief moment on the bridge before the creature demolishes it (sorry, SPOILER!). Attentive viewers may have noticed that Hud meets another guy with a camcorder on the bridge and Reeves suggested back then that it might be interesting to consider what that camera captured throughout the creature’s attack.
To be honest, that sounds like a less than impressive idea and I can only hope that the team have something more imaginative up their collective sleeve. JJ Abrams has got Star Trek 2 to consider in the spring, so it may be a little while before we hear anything further on this one. Personally, I thoroughly enjoyed Cloverfield, however I am not sure where a sequel can go without being derivative or contrived. If JJ Abrams and Reeves have a decent idea, then by all means go ahead, otherwise it will feel like just another cynical sequel cash-in.
In the meantime, enjoy the trailers to Let Me In here and here and the Super 8 teaser here.
