Screenwriter Joe Barton Offers Update on CLOVERFIELD 2
There’s a direct sequel to the original Cloverfield film that’s currently in development with director Babak Anvari (Wounds) and writer Joe Barton. The project has been in development for a couple of years now, and today we have an update from Barton on the script, and it seems like things are moving closing to production.
While speaking with Variety, Barton confirmed that the final draft of his script is almost done. He also offered additional insight into his working relationship with producer J.J. Abrams on the film.
“I’m writing it on my own, JJ is a producer on it. So I go away and do my drafts and then he gives notes and the Bad Robot execs give notes, and then he’ll jump in occasionally and look at drafts and stuff. I imagine probably the next one, because Babak Anvari just came on to direct so we’re getting closer to production. I’m doing some revisions at the moment and the hope would be that this would be the last sort of big script push, and then we get on to actually making it.”
If you ever wondered why film development takes so long sometimes, it’s things like waiting around for the producers to read the script, offer notes, send it back to the writer, rinse and repeat until they have something everyone can get on board with.
There are no details to share on the story to share, but it’s likely to explore the aftermath of the monster’s rampage. I also hope that it reveals whether the creature survived the U.S. military’s “Hammer Down Protocol” that leveled the city. When talking about fan expectations, Barton said:
“I think what we’re gonna do with it is going to be really good. If I didn’t think we had a good idea, I didn’t actually think it was gonna be good, then I’d be worried. But I am really excited about the potential for what we’re doing with Cloverfield, and particularly the story that we came up with. I don’t know, I just think that I would really like to watch it, I think it will be a good movie. People are waiting with different preconceptions or prejudices or whatever. But all you can do at the end of the day is try and make something that’s really good, and then give it to them and see.”
Paramount hasn’t announced a release date or an official title for Cloverfield 2 yet, but are you excited about the possibilities that it will deliver?