J.J. Abrams Says He’s Working on a Coverfield Sequel
J.J. Abrams says a sequel to Cloverfield is being worked on
According to a report on Coming Soon.net, director J.J. Abrams told a crowd at Wondercon that progress is being made on a sequel to Cloverfield.
“We’re actually working on an idea right now,” Abrams told the packed crowd. “The key obviously at doing any kind of sequel, certainly this film included, is that it better not be a business decision. If you’re going to do something, it should be because you’re really inspired to do it. It doesn’t really have to mean anything, doesn’t mean it will work, but it means we did it because we cared, not because we thought we could get the bucks. We have an idea that we thought was pretty cool that we’re playing with, which means there will be something that’s connected to ‘Cloverfield,’ but I hope it happens sooner than later because the idea is pretty sweet.”
Cloverfield, the 2008 story of a monster invading New York that unfolds from the perspective of a handful of people as if it were real, was produced on a $25M budget yet raked in over $168M worldwide. Given its success, a sequel was always on the cards from a business perspective. It is great news to see that despite this, J.J. Abrams is inspired to do it from a creative point of view only.
