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Overlordis the latest sci - fi from J.J. Abrams ' Bad Robot , yet unlike other late moving-picture show of similar description , it is n’t aCloverfieldmovie . This topic has been the subject of much disputation over the course of 2018 , with mixed communication make this Schrodinger ’s anthology entryway .
Like previousCloverfieldprojects , Overlordcame to being with little fanfare . It was a humiliated - budget sci - fi project from Bad Robot , bought by Paramount , make with a syndicate of up - and - total endowment , and then sat waiting for an equivocal , far - off spill . Considering that alongside Abrams , Lindsey Weber ( who had also overseen10 Cloverfield LaneandThe Cloverfield Paradox ) was producer , ear directly began to prickle . Everything known about the project lined up with what little was know about theCloverfieldgameplan .
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In January , we speculated that based on this and the then still - cryptical expectation ofThe Cloverfield ParadoxthatOverlordwasCloverfield 4 ; it had been made in secret for a double - whammy release from the dealership in 2018 . This was seemingly confirmed by other sources . However , at CinemaCon , Abrams denied this , saying thatOverlordwas its own savage and alternatively aproperCloverfieldsequelwas in ontogenesis ( whether this means something under the banner or a narrative follow - up to the 2008 monster movie is unreadable ) .
Now thetrailer forOverlordhas dropped with not aCloverfieldconnection in batch . Traditionally , the enfranchisement entries have included their title in the trailer , confirming a slack connection . As this is n’t here , it seems moderately resolute that it is n’t part of theCloverfieldfranchise . The question , however , is whether it ever was .
Overlordwas an idea in the beginning developed by Abrams ( write by Billy Ray ) , rather than being a Paramount - gain playscript a laThe Cellar(which became10 Cloverfield Lane ) andGod Particle(The Cloverfield Paradox ) , so it ’s possible it was never planned to be . Of course , due to Abrams ' earmark concealment , there ’s a circle of unknown quantity that make way for guess ; it ’s possible that it was at one point meant to be part of theCloverfieldbrand but design were subsequently shift due to the complicated andmixed response toThe Cloverfield Paradox , a greater desire to move the series in another counsel , or an attempt on Abrams part to ensure Bad Robot give Paramount a movie outside of the franchise .
If it was once planned as aCloverfieldmovie , based on what the footage turn display , Overlordwould have accommodate nicely . It ’s a dissimilar beast to the goliath , alien invasion and alternating dimensions stories we ’ve got before , alternatively a World War II - era horror about Nazi experiment , yet slot into the broader idea of a genre - twisting anthology . IfCloverfieldis now more narratively linked , however ( The Cloverfield Paradoxconnected all the movies togetherinto a series of parallel universes ) , then it may be undecomposed to keepOverlordseparate .
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