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Abrams-produced horror hit released in 2008 that launched filmmaker Matt Reeves on the path of genre auteur, is getting a sequel.Abrams’ Bad Robot banner and Paramount Pictures have tapped rising British scribe Joe Barton to pen the script for the project, which, unlike its predecessor, will not be in the found footage format, according to sources.Abrams will produce along with Bad Robot head of film, Hannah Minghella.
Reeves is not involved in the project.Cloverfield was a monster movie, shot in the then-popular found footage style to reflect the growing ubiquity of video cameras.
It followed …
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