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J.J. Abrams says Cloverfield 4 is “a crazy movie”

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Despite the fact that The Cloverfield Paradox was pulled from its theatrical release and sent straight to Netflix (reportedly, because Paramount felt it was “unsalvageable”), it seems the studio isn’t ready to give up on J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot’s Cloverfield anthology series just yet. A fourth movie – Overlord – is already in the can, […]

J.J. Abrams calls out sexist Star Wars: The Last Jedi critics

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Disney and Lucasfilm have made great strides with regards to increasing the representation of the galaxy far, far away over the past few years, but it seems the increased emphasis on female characters and diversity hasn’t quite sat right with some ‘fans’. Take for example the alt-right group who claimed to have lowered the Rotten […]

J.J. Abrams and Mattel team up for The Beastlies

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Toy giant Mattel is teaming with J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions are teaming up to produce The Beastlies, a “multi platform” project based around the creations of Los Angeles-based sculptor Leslie Levings, which Mattel and Bad Robot hope to be the first of several family-friendly world creation original properties. “The Beastlies is a passion project we […]

How many people watched The Cloverfield Paradox on Super Bowl Sunday?

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In one of the most audacious marketing moves ever, Netflix released The Cloverfield Paradox last Sunday, having teased it hours earlier during the first quarter of the US broadcast of the Super Bowl. The reaction was decidedly mixed (read our review here), but there’s no denying the power of the stunt, and the viewing figures make interesting […]

J.J. Abrams talks The Cloverfield Paradox and future of the franchise

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Last Sunday, Netflix dropped a major surprise when it released The Cloverfield Paradox – the third instalment in Paramount and Bad Robot Productions’ Cloverfield cinematic universe. The film, originally going by the title God Particle, had been pushed back from its planned theatrical release on several occasions – with subsequent reports claiming that Paramount believed […]

J.J. Abrams on the possibility of a Cloverfield team-up film: “We’ve talked about versions of things”

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We are three Cloverfield films in so far, and the series is still something of an enigma. We were given some long-awaited answers in The Cloverfield Paradox— regarding the origin of the adorable “Clovie” — but there are still plenty of questions to be answered regarding the universe that all three films are set in. […]

J.J. Abrams sci-fi Demimonde gets straight-to-series pickup from HBO

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Despite the fact he’s currently knee-deep in rewrites for Star Wars: Episode IX ahead of filming later this year, J.J. Abrams has found the time to pen a new sci-fi TV drama entitled Demimonde, which has been given a straight-to-series order from HBO. According to THR, the series is described by HBO as “an epic […]

Castle Rock TV spot released ahead of Super Bowl

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As we get closer to the Super Bowl and the onslaught of movie ads that come with it, Hulu has released their Super Bowl spot for the upcoming Stephen King and J.J. Abrams series Castle Rock. The series stars André Holland (Moonlight), Melanie Lynskey (Togetherness) , Sissy Spacek (Carrie), Bill Skarsgård (It), Jane Levy (Suburgatory), Scott […]

Has Cloverfield 4 already finished filming?

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Cloverfield 4 you say? But we haven’t even seen a third installment of a franchise we didn’t even really know was a franchise. If your head is hurting at the latest developments on a series of films which began with Matt Reeves and J.J. Abrams’ found-footage monster mash in 2008, then you’re not alone. 10 […]