It took the 2008 American monster film found footage” style movie, presented as material from a personal video camera recovered by the U.S. Department of Defense.
The 2008 movie starts off focusing on the character Rob (Michael Stahl-David), whose brother, Jason (Mike Vogel), is throwing him a farewell party before he departs for a new job in Japan. Viewers are then introduced to Hud (T.J. Miller), who goes on to record most of the events of the movie. Before the characters learn that a monster is attacking the city, they are under the impression that an earthquake is what's causing mayhem.
When they learn the truth, the party-goers the evacuation of the city. Jason is supposedly killed, and Hud and Rob—ed by Jason’s fiancé Lily (Jessica Lucas) and her friend Marlena (Lizzy Caplan)—trek to Midtown Manhattan to rescue Beth (Odette Yustman), Rob’s on-again, off-again girlfriend who is trapped in her apartment. Along the way, the group experiences a series of chaotic events: they are caught in the middle of a battle between the monster and the National Guard, and Hud is killed by the giant monster, and audiences are treated to an up close view of a monstrous, city-destroying rampage. Cloverfield was a hit, but fans waited a long time for the next installment - here's why.
Why Cloverfield Took So Long To Get A Sequel
While Cloverfield quickly gained a cult following after its release, mostly thanks to its unique style and its 10 Cloverfield Lane came out. The movie was produced by Abrams and Lindsey Weber; directed by Dan Trachtenberg; and written by Josh Campbell, Matt Stuecken, and Damien Chazelle. It centers on a young woman named Michelle (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) who is held in an underground bunker with two men who tell her that the surface of the Earth is uninhabitable. Unlike its predecessor, this film isn’t told in found footage style.
The sequel took a long time to make because it was hard for the show runners to decide where to take the Cloverfield story. Also, producer Abrams was extremely busy between 2008-2016; two There has been talk of a fourth film, production of which was reportedly postponed repeatedly over the past couple of years, but as of 2020, there's no new information regarding another movie in the Cloverfield franchise.
