I Came By director Babak Anvari to helm a new Cloverfield sequel

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Another Cloverfield project is coming from producer J.J. Abrams

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The upcoming Cloverfield sequel has found its director – Babak Anvari, who previously helmed Under the Shadow and the Netflix movie I Came By, has been tasked with bringing the series back to the big screen, according to Deadline.

As previously reported, Joe Barton, showrunner on the upcoming HBO Max prequel series to Matt Reeves' The Batman, will pen the script, with J.J. Abrams returning to produce under his Bad Robot Productions banner. 

The Hollywood Reporter previously claimed that the sequel would not be found-footage, like the original Cloverfield, but would take place after the events of that first movie. However, Deadline now says that details are being kept under wraps and that it's unclear whether this will be a direct continuation of the original or another self-contained story in the franchise like 2016's 10 Cloverfield Lane and 2018's The Cloverfield Paradox. We will no doubt be waiting a long while for any concrete information on the plot of this new Cloverfield movie, as has been the way with this secretive franchise.

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