EXCLUSIVE: Matt Reeves Talks Cloverfield 2

Matt Reeves says the story is still being hatched for Cloverfield 2
Matt Reeves says the story is still being hatched for Cloverfield 2
Earlier today I had the chance to speak with director Matt Reeves, who is promoting the home video release of Let Me In on Blu-ray and DVD. I also asked him about the status of the highly-anticipated sequel Cloverfield 2, which, as it turns out, is still in the idea stage. Here's what he had to say below:

"Cloverfield 2 will most likely not be the next movie because that's still in the really nascent stages. We haven't really had time to get together and talk about what that would be. That journey will probably be a bit longer, when we find that idea that we really get excited about. We're still hatching the story. It has yet to be hatched. It was funny. Someone said to me the other day, 'Yeah, we hear you're going to get the band back together.' I said, 'Yeah, but at this stage, we're just talking about getting the band back together. We actually haven't gotten the band back together.'


Since Cloverfield 2 won't be Matt Reeves next movie, I had to ask if he did have something more concrete lined up. He plans to try and shoot his smaller, character-driven project, The Invisible Woman, along with another, bigger project, back-to-back:

"I haven't decided what I'm doing next. One of the exciting things for me was that the movie (Let Me In) was well-received, even though it didn't do well at the box office. The people who have seen it really enjoyed it, which is exciting for me because I really care a lot about the movie and it's bringing in a lot of interesting opportunities. I'm reading a lot of scripts and novels and going to a lot of meetings to discuss projects, but I haven't decided what's next, so I don't know what's next. I'm reading a lot and hopefully we'll be able to say what I'm doing within the next month or two. I really want to continue to press and try to make this smaller project that I've been trying to make since before Cloverfield. It's a project called The Invisible Woman. It's sort of a character thriller. It's the anatomy of this woman's desperation. It's the same sort of storytelling that I did in Let Me In. It's an intimate character story, so I'm excited to do that to. Probably what I would do is find the next project and find a way to marry that schedule to the bigger project. So, hopefully, we could do two in a row and then maybe Cloverfield 2."


Be sure to check back in the near future for my full interview with Matt Reeves for Let Me In, which arrives on Blu-ray and DVD on February 1.

Cloverfield 2 is in development .


Sources: Brian Gallagher

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Comments (38)

  1. Joshua Tecumseh

    and this man is just as bad as matt vaughn and his weak xmen movie

    1 year agoby @joshua-tecumsehFlag

  2. Joshua Tecumseh

    thanks cyn and i do know how to spell hun but thanks anyways

    1 year agoby @joshua-tecumsehFlag

  3. Brian Gallagher

    I agree, @mixlexic - You could easily do Cloverfield 2 with maybe some other young punk filming the whole thing or the military. Will be interesting to see what happens.... and when it happens.

    1 year agoby @gallagherFlag

  4. Mixlexic

    No interest in a sequel to Cloverfield even though I love it, I heard sometime ago that a sequel would possibly be the same night from a different perspective, the militarys experience perhaps. Think that would be too much like "Aliens". Fact remains that I have enjoyed Reeves work I liked "Let Me In" almost as much as the Swedish original, thought it was an excellent companion peice.

    1 year agoby @mixlexicFlag

  5. TheMime

    Cloverfield was awesome..........the only, so far, best h.h movie The Mime have ever seen

    1 year agoby @themimeFlag

  6. Xybernetic

    I think taking too long for a sequel might make cloverfield fans loose interest little by little unless is a big budget project or something and they need more time to make it right (which I dont think it is) Reeves and whoever is in charged should have taken advantage of the "hype" the first cloverfield created and make that sequel a bit sooner for like a 2011 or 2012 release

    1 year agoby @xyberneticFlag

  7. Cyn

    @Joshua. I liked Cloverfield - can't wait for the sequel. And it's "comment", not "commit".

    yes - fanboy - Super 8 is a whole separate movie.

    1 year agoby @cyn-de-harvenFlag

  8. T.Clark

    @fanboy: Super 8 has nothing to do with Cloverfield.

    1 year agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  9. Daveactor7

    @Joshua lol so im guessing you havent seen "Let me in" which was actually great.

    1 year agoby @daveactor7Flag

  10. Joshua Tecumseh

    that man should not get another movie. the first movie was trash. and for all you haters put all your commits about what u think about my commit i will never see it i love to get the last word bye bye now

    1 year agoby @joshua-tecumsehFlag

  11. Mutant

    The first one gave me vertigo and I stopped watching it. Forget hand holds, they don't work.

    1 year agoby @zenderFlag

  12. TheStonedReviewer

    please best movie!!!! please do it!!!!

    1 year agoby @stonedFlag

  13. bud2fresh

    I really enjoyed the first one so i'm down for another.

    1 year agoby @bud2freshFlag

  14. Furankisan

    Hated the first one with that annoying camera shooting (great trick to hide the low budget. Hated the characters and then we got a Teletubby on acid. Just give us the real Godzilla already. and not the oversizs iguana in American Godzilla. Original writers of Pirates Caribbean had Godzilla vs The Griffin battle at the World Trade Center. Only the Bkyln Bridge sequence survived and they screwed that up. They can keep CF2.

    1 year agoby @frank-ballFlag

  15. mosorwvlad

    In the real world you know they would nuke the city right ? If such a monster appear.

    1 year agoby @mosorwvladFlag

  16. Brian Gallagher

    @cwalkenistheman You know, I was actually thinking the exact same thing. I even thought about phrasing the question like that. Honestly:)

    1 year agoby @gallagherFlag

  17. ollie-styrene

    Watching cloverfield part one gave me nausea,.. i had to turn it off.. the camera movements were all over the place.. if he do part two.. please let it not be shot with a hand held camera.. please....

    1 year agoby @ollie-styreneFlag

  18. Shadow Of The Day

    Cool.

    1 year agoby @asifFlag

  19. TheEdge76

    Wait, he may have even started shooting this. This sh*t could have been some secret project. How should we really be able to tell nowadays......

    1 year agoby @cwalkenisthemanFlag

  20. TheEdge76

    What the hell? Just give us what we want. CLOVERFIELD 2!

    1 year agoby @cwalkenisthemanFlag

  21. CUPID

    We want more cloverfield.

    1 year agoby @cupidFlag

  22. B3njamin

    "It's the same sort of storytelling that I did in Let Me In.".... GGRR Let me in is not YOUR story you f*cking shot for shot thief!

    1 year agoby @b3njaminFlag

  23. SherlockHolmes2009

    I want to see another Cloverfield

    1 year agoby @SherlockHolmes2009Flag

  24. Daveactor7

    @Supes lol Jurassic Park 3

    1 year agoby @daveactor7Flag

  25. Dan

    The black character is the only one to survive. That sounds a bit ironical, huh? Most horrors/thrillers, they are like the first ones killed off in some ridiculous fashion :P

    1 year agoby @dan1Flag

  26. TheDude1

    I really hope they do make a sequel. The first movie was very good.

    1 year agoby @thedude1Flag

  27. Cyn

    didn't the black girl survive? she got shoved into another helicopter and they took off...

    1 year agoby @cyn-de-harvenFlag

  28. The Narrator: The Better Man

    Lol, yeah. The only reason I remember her living is because I always thought that of all the characters, why's she deserve to live? :P

    1 year agoby @narratorFlag

  29. LuxoIII

    Why do I get the feeling that this movie won't happen?

    1 year agoby @brady1138Flag

  30. fanboy

    So this will be the sequel and Super 8 in the prequel, right....

    1 year agoby @fanboyFlag

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