Answering the burning question about the future fate of the hit monster movie's sequel, producer J.J. Abrams revealed that he is more interested in developing a new film project.
- May 17, 2008
AceShowbiz - The past few months following the release of the hit monster movie "Cloverfield", buzzes about the making of its sequel have been coming in and out in the media. Back in April, producer J.J. Abrams has hinted that the possibility of a sequel has been discussed. However, lately the filmmaker has come out with a contrasting comment.
Commenting on the sequel at a New York press conference on May 15, the "Star Trek" director confessed that he is more interested on working on another project with writer Drew Goddard and director Matt Reeves than making the sequel. "So my dream is to work with [Goddard and Reeves] again, but do something that's [new]," explained the "Mission: Impossible III" director and co-writer. "We're talking about it. But the truth is there's another idea that I'd rather do with the same people than do a sequel. It's a whole new thing."
Still, the 41-year-old didn't put the sequel idea 100|percent| off for speculation. "Having said that, Drew and Matt both, separately, have really good ideas for what [Cloverfield 2] could be," he further added. "So I don't know. We'll see. I know the studio wants it."
"Cloverfield" has been released on the theaters on January 18 by Paramount Pictures and it debuted atop the three days weekend box office chart with $40 million revenue. The movie starring Michael Stahl-David, T.J. Miller, Jessica Lucas and Lizzy Kaplan went on to pull in as much as $80 million in domestic sales and $169.5 million from its worldwide sales.
