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[SPEC] Why A Cloverfield Sequel May Be Completed Already

[OliMango]

Hm, going out on a limb here, but....

What if Cloverfield was just a distraction? What if the real movie isn't out yet?

Plus, that would mean the real movie is INSANELY amazing if Cloverfield was just meant to keep us misguided.

[Rusty]

Right, I've been thinking just that - the scene on the bridge would be easy easy EASY to get EXACTLY right if the two films were made at the exact same time. Saves time, saves money.

EDIT: Even if it were just that scene of the other movie.

[anonimous]

I actually really like the idea that the movie might be a red herring for a bigger project. It's plausible, though I feel it strips the movie of a lot of its uniqueness and relegates it to a simple side-story. The biggest problem with this theory, though, is that with all the buzz the movie has generated, anything that's a follow-up probably won't match up to the hype of Cloverfield itself.

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[mistermunky69]

I know that essentially Peter Jackson did this with the Lord of the Rings but of course it wasn't a top secret production, and they pretty much HAD to do it that way. But, I don't think JJ and crew would benefit from having the sequel made already. Sure, It would be awesome for us fans, but it really wouldn't do them any good.

I'm no movie producer, thats for damn sure, but sequels do not generally appear within the same year. They give it time to build up, gain an audience, entertain the masses, then let it fade out. After that the sequel would start generating buzz, and the process would be repeated. I think if a sequel was already made, then the intent would be to release it fairly soon. And thats not going to happen. Its unorthodox, and I don't think anycompany would buy into it. Even if it is JJ Abrams.
A movie needs to have every cent drained out of it before they move on the next one. Im not saying it IMPOSSIBLE for this to happen, but with a movie of this nature, i'm betting Paramount wanted to make it, release it, and sit on it for a while and see what happens. Thats it. Then, and only then, pursue the idea of a sequel. I'm thinking in their eyes this movie was to a degree, a "risk", so I dont see a sequel already being filmed as very likely.

Could they have pulled it off?? Absolutely . But I don't think Paramount would have taken even more of a risk by pre-filming a sequel,with a movie who's fate in entirely unsure. (pre-filming? Is that a word?)

Can you image if the makers of "One missed call" had filmed a sequel before the first one even premiered, and then to have it just BOMB the way it did? Heads would be rolling.

Obviously, this film was a risk that payed off quite nicely, for everyone involved. (fans mostly ) and hopefully we have much much more in store for us.

Oh, by the way, I would LOVE to be entirely wrong, and have a sequel by summer.

[LaNcEleCtriKuTion]

My Spec!

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[mistermunky69]

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Re: Why A Cloverfield Sequel May Be Completed Already

[LaNcEleCtriKuTion]

Damn. The link didn't show in my original post. Well, here's the whole thing- (Sorry for legnth):

[Ryomi]

Well thanks for the credit ECW. I was scared about making this a topic into a new thread because the "sequel threads" are getting numerous and ridiculous.

I agree with OLIMANGO. My friend McLovin and i have thought about the same thing at times of this movie being a longer trailer for a movie thats gonna be huge but i really can't see the reality in that situation. Obviously JJ has made people rethink about how movies are done and marketed and if Cloverfield is a set up to something even bigger than he better get Tagruato and the other subjects from this ARE into the movie. I could appreciate a movie shown from someone elses POV but only if its from Tido or Ganu himself or maybe a head member of the military thats getting reports about where the monster is from.

It would be kick ass if he did decide to do two movies at the same time and i don't think that they would've needed paramounts greenlight because of two reasons.....

1: 30 million to make (not much in todays movie world where romances are costing at least 50 to 70 million)

2: The hype for this movie and the reaction of people like ourselves would have made a sequel a greenlight from the very beginning.

I lied there are actually 3 reasons...

3: Lets say that they were making two movies at once (with the writers strike going on it would make perfect sense btw) and the first one bombed. What money would've been lost on a sequel? Not much at all. From unknown actors to using handheld cameras, scratching a sequel that already has footage wouldn't be as costly as most might think. Remember, out of the 30 million that this movie cost, 20-22 million of that went into SFX so therefore making a sequel at the same time wouldn't have been such a risk.

Think of all the movies that get shelved even after the studio puts millions into it. The studio taking a risk on filming a sequel before the first movie comes out is very feasible especially when it would be so cheap to do and with no one knowing when the writers strike will end.

Finally i still think about how much money they made off of selling slusho shirts, hats etc and where that money went to.

[Whitenoise]

Also, hasn't it been comfirmed numerous times by numerous people involved that they would be more than happy to do a sequal if paramount greenlighted it(which they will, cloverfield made back its budget and more in the first 2 days in theaters)