Tag: The Cloverfield Paradox
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The Cloverfield Franchise Was an Odd Monster That Failed to Deliver
Nothing is simultaneously as exciting and disappointing as J.J. Abrams’ Cloverield franchise. In a sea of film franchises, this is one of the good ones… well, sort of. The Cloverfield banner acts more like The Twilight Zone than anything, a name which audiences can look to and expect a certain brand of Sci-fi Horror storytelling,…
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How to Watch the Cloverfield Movies in Order
For a franchise so small, the Cloverfield timeline is incredibly complex and full of more lore than one might expect. This three-part anthology series began with Cloverfield, a found-footage hit by Matt Reeves. Later, J.J. Abrams would use the IP to get an independent film made, provided it could somehow link itself to the Cloverfield…
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Paramount Has New ‘Cloverfield’ Movie On The Way With Babak Anvari Directing
Deadline reports that Paramount has a new “Cloverfield” movie on the way, the first since 2018’s “The Cloverfield Paradox.” And the studio has a filmmaker on the rise to helm it: indie horror director Babak Anvari.Read More: ‘I Came By’ Review: Hugh Bonneville & George Mackay Star In Babak Anvari’s Bloated ThrillerAnvari directs the new…
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Netflix Boss Eyes ‘More Opportunities’ to Buy Studio Movies as Theaters Remain Closed
Included in Netflix’s massive 2021 film preview is footage from Chris Appelhans’ animated fantasy movie “Wish Dragon,” featuring the voices of Jackie Chan, Constance Wu, and John Cho. The project was produced for Sony, but now it’s going to be released on Netflix in the new year. It’s hardly the first time Netflix has acquired…
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‘Detective Pikachu’ Sequel in Development With ’22 Jump Street’ Writer
Ryan Reynolds’ “Detective Pikachu” is already getting a sequel.Oren Uziel will write the script for the second installment to the upcoming live-action movie “Detective Pikachu.”Uziel most recently worked on the screenplay for Paramount Pictures’ “Sonic the Hedgehog.” His past credits include writing and directing “Shimmer Lake,” and penning “The Cloverfield Paradox” and “22 Jump Street.”“Detective…
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Paramount, Bad Robot Team for Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Aporia’ (Exclusive)
Paramount has preemptively picked up the sci-fi spec script Aporia from Jared Moshe. Moshe wrote the script and is attached to direct.J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot is producing with Neda Armian.As with many Bad Robot projects, Aporia’s logline is being kept secret. It is, however, being described as a grounded sci-fi drama with time travel elements.Bad…
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‘Fabled’ Trailer: Gugu Mbatha-Raw And Zosia Mamet Put A Modern, Therapeutic Twist On Classic Fairy Tales
Gugu Mbatha-Raw has been on a sharp, upward trajectory in the film industry as an actor of late. The British actress burst into the international stardom stratosphere with “Black Mirror’s” hit episode, “San Junipero.” Not long after, Mbatha-Raw starred in “The Cloverfield Paradox.” The “Belle” actor’s latest work, “Fabled,” a new anthology TV series that…
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‘Fabled’ Trailer: Zosia Mamet and Gugu Mbatha-Raw Lead a Feminist Retelling of Classic Fairy Tales
Following in the footsteps of her Pulitzer Prize-winning father, Zosia Mamet has penned a new television series for Refinery29. Co-created with husband Evan Jonigkeit (Joe Swanberg’s “Easy”), “Fabled” is an anthology series that upends classic fairy tales by giving them a feminist bent. The first episode of the series, titled “Anodyne,” sees Alice from “Alice…
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‘A Quiet Place’ Was Almost a ‘Cloverfield’ Movie
One day in the future, all movies will be “Cloverfield” movies. The ever-expanding universe, which most recently added “The Cloverfield Paradox” to its orbit, almost pulled another project into its gravitational field: John Krasinski’s “A Quiet Place,” which was also made by Paramount. It ultimately avoided that fate, screenwriters Scott Beck and Bryan Woods reveal…
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Paramount chief reveals details of ‘The Cloverfield Paradox’ Netflix deal
“There were things about it that made us have a pause about its commercial playability.”Paramount chief operating officer Andrew Gumpert has explained why the Us studio sold the global distribution rights for the The Cloverfield Paradox to Netflix.In an unorthodox move, the J.J.-Abrams produced film was released unexpectedly by the streaming giant straight after the…