At best, “The Cloverfield Paradox” was a half-assed ‘Cloverfield’ movie. Even producer J.J. Abrams admitted that production had begun on the movie before they had sorted out how it was going to tie-in into the franchise, and the result was a mess. Certainly, it had its campy, batshit moments, but the picture was mostly formless, and will largely be remembered for how it was released (as a surprise on Super Bowl Sunday) rather than what it was. But Abrams and co. will soon have a shot at redemption.
The upcoming “Overlord” (as it’s titled for now, though who knows if that will change) is widely expected to be next ‘Cloverfield’ movie. Starring Wyatt Russell, Pilou Asbæk, and Bokeem Woodbine, the film follows Allied soldiers who are trapped behind enemy lines on D-Day. They soon encounter a supernatural force being used by the Nazis. [INSERT CLOVERFIELD CONNECTION]. At any rate, the film, directed by Julius Avery (“Son Of A Gun“), has apparently been testing well, and it has some pretty big writers on it including Billy Ray (“Shattered Glass,” “Captain Phillips,” “The Hunger Games“) and Mark L. Smith (“The Revenant“). In fact, Abrams is already jazzed for everyone to see it.
“ ‘Overlord’… first of all, it’s something that I can’t wait for you to see ’cause the director, Julius Avery, has done an amazing job on it. But the specifics, you know, we should wait and see. But that’s really a crazy movie,” he told Digital Spy.
Don’t expect Abrams to say much more about the movie before it opens on October 26th.
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I’m guessing it will be retitled OPERATION: CLOVERFIELD.
Cloverlord!
Cloverfield Wars
JJ Abrams says blah blah blah. All he ever does is spout empty rhetoric.
And all you and everyone like you does is bitch, gripe, and moan. “Wahhh! JJ Abrams isn’t making movies the way I want him to and I HATE him!”
At least Abrams is doing something with his life, and not online, bitching about some guy who doesn’t, and will never, even knows he exists.
Agreed! Not that I hate JJ or anything, but the way some people applaud and deffend his every word is borderline hypnotic and utterly fascinating.
I just hope it comes out on time and doesn’t get delayed, but if test reactions have been positive, then it should. Can’t wait.
I didn’t dislike Paradox. Of course characters were EXTREMELY weak (and compared to the amazing characters in 10CL, it’s a joke), but some ideas were interesting, and it was nice to see an explanation for the monster in the first movie. Fortunately, it’s only 90 minutes long, so it’s not that painful. I shall be watching it again someday, during a Clover-thon.
It seems like this, and ‘Paradox’, are basically independent movies that Abrams is just involved in as an executive producer. He doesn’t (didn’t) write either of them, more or less just gave his ‘OK’ for them to be made. My take is, if it’s not a reality show, I at least might watch it.
Just watched Paradox last night, loosely tied in to Cloverfield is bang on! Felt so much like it was trying to be like Event Horizon only with less atmosphere and setting and shit ton less explaining (like the animate arm or the worms talking to the guy while being inside him). Feels like they should have sat down and read the script out loud and found the weak plot holes and either removed them or explained them better.
Hope this new one is more in line with the first two Cloverfield movies.
So is this one also a turd that’s been sitting on the shelf waiting to be sold to some sucker like Netflix?