Netflix Is Dropping a New Cloverfield Movie Right After the Super Bowl and Everyone Is Freaking Out
In a first for the movie industry, Netflix announced the next sequel to Cloverfield, Cloverfield Paradox, will be available to stream immediately after Super Bowl LII Sunday night.
The Cloverfield Paradox, the highly anticipated third iteration of the 2008 sci-fi thriller, was announced in a surprise ad during the first half of the Super Bowl. The film, originally titled God Particle, was directed by Julius Onah and features Elizabeth Debicki, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Oyelowo, Chris O’Dowd and was produced by J.J. Abrams.
The surprise Super Bowl announcement was the first time fans got a glimpse of the new film with a trailer – with the added detail that it would premiere on Netflix Sunday night, fans took to Twitter to celebrate.
the cloverfield sequel trailer got gasps but the reveal that its premiering on Netflix got SCREAMS
— Jenna Wortham (@jennydeluxe) February 5, 2018
extremely excited for THE CLOVERFIELD PARADOX, directed by Nigerian-American Julius Onah. extremely unexcited they’re just dropping it tonight with absolutely no notice, after a 30 second trailer that didn’t even mention who’s in it or that it was dropping tonight
— demi adejuyigbe (@electrolemon) February 5, 2018
Original CLOVERFIELD trailer debut: July 2007
CLOVERFIELD movie release: Jan 2008
10 CLOVERFIELD LANE trailer: Feb 2016
10CL release: March 2016
CLOVERFIELD PARADOX trailer: Feb 4, 2018 4:20pm PST
CLOVERFIELD PARADOX release: Feb 4, 2018 8pm?
This is a) a record, and b) insane!— David Chen (@davechensky) February 5, 2018
For Cloverfield 4's marketing they're gonna build an actual time machine so they release the movie before they release the movie
— DoctorDoom (@Acidic_Heart) February 5, 2018
Director Ava DuVernay also shared her excitement for Cloverfield Paradox on Twitter, where she called the film and its release a “gamechanger.” She noted that it stars and was created by people of color and congratulated the Cloverfield cast and its director.
Woman of color-led, sci-fi thriller released worldwide day + date w/ big Netflix muscle for black director, his super producer + POC cast. No advance press, ads, trailer. Straight to the people. Gamechanger. Congrats to helmer #JuliusOnah + my dears JJ, Gugu, David. #Cloverfield pic.twitter.com/m186Hprhqz
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) February 5, 2018
The third Cloverfield movie in the franchise follows 2008’s Cloverfield and 2016’s 10 Cloverfield Lane. From Paramount, the first two films in the franchise were released in theaters, but The Cloverfield Paradox was instead purchased by Netflix.
Cloverfield Paradox will follow a group of astronauts who make a “horrible discovery,” according to the film’s IMDB page.