New ‘Cloverfield’ Film Set from ‘Under the Shadow’ Director Babak Anvari, Producer J.J. Abrams

The apocalyptic world of “Cloverfield” is expanding.A yet-untitled sequel was announced by Paramount Pictures, as first reported by Deadline, with BAFTA winner Babak Anvari (“Under the Shadow”) set to direct.

Screenwriter Joe Barton (“The Lazarus Project”) is penning the script.Original “Cloverfield” director Matt Reeves, who went on to helm “The Batman,” is serving as an executive producer, with J.J.

Abrams producing from Bad Robot, along with Hannah Minghella and Jon Cohen.

Bryan Burk and “Cloverfield” screenwriter Drew Goddard will also executive produce.The “Cloverfield” universe first started with Reeves’ 2008 fictional found-footage film about a monster attack in New York City.

Mike Vogel, Lizzy Caplan, T.J.

Miller, and Theo Rossi starred.Eight years later, the 2016 film “10 Cloverfield Lane” marked Dan Trachtenberg’s feature directorial debut and starred Mary Elizabeth Winstead as a woman held captive by a conspiracy theorist, played by John Goodman.

The film’s twist ending

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