Atomic Robot News: According To Abrams A Cloverfield Sequel Is In The Early Stages Of Production

According To Abrams A Cloverfield Sequel Is In The Early Stages Of Production

Written By: Ken Hulsey

Sources: Shock Till You Drop / Avery Guerra

This past weekend director J.J. Abrams hosted a "Star Trek" movie panel at Wondercon in San Francisco. During the Q&A someone asked him if there was ever going to be a sequel to his moderately successful monster film "Cloverfield?" Much to every ones surprise, Abrams stated that the film was already in the early stages of development.

"We're actually working on an idea right now," Abrams told the astonished 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."

This news may come to a surprise for many fans who have been following this proposed sequel. As recently as November of last year, Abrams and company had been knocking themselves out trying to come up with ideas for another "Cloverfield" film, and drawing a complete blank.

Apparently someone must have come up with that 'fresh' idea that Abrams was searching for.

Oh, and before everyone gets too excited, it is highly unlikely that Abrams monster will be sparing off against Godzilla in this upcoming movie. The image above was some 'wishful thinking' on the part of comic book artist Todd Tennant.