Cloverfield (franchise)

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Cloverfield is an American science-fiction horror anthology series created by J.J. Abrams which is produced by Bad Robot Productions and primarily distributed by Paramount Pictures. The franchise is known for its intricate alternate reality games (ARG) which tie in to each entry, chiefly involving the fictional Japanese deep-sea drilling company Tagruato and its subsidiaries.

Beginning with the 2008 found footage giant monster film of the same name, the Cloverfield franchise shifted from its Godzilla influences^{[citation needed]} to a sci-fi anthology with the largely unconnected 10 Cloverfield Lane in 2016. This was followed up two years later by Netflix Original The Cloverfield Paradox, which established the films' continuities as existing in a multiverse. A fourth entry, a direct sequel to the original Cloverfield, is expected to release sometime in the future.

Series history

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Key Terms

Tagruato

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Slusho

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Cloverfield

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Hammerdown Protocol

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Media

Films

• Cloverfield (2008)
• 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
• The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)
• Untitled Cloverfield sequel (TBA)

Print

• Cloverfield (2008) - Japanese novelization of Cloverfield written by Drew Goddard and translated by Shin Iruma
• Cloverfield/KISHIN (2008) - Japanese web comic by Yoshiki Togawa; released by Kadokawa in four parts and collected in paperback

Monsters

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Every entry in the series thus far has featured monsters both serving major and minor roles in each respective entry. The following is a list of all monsters and creatures that have appeared in each film thus far

• Clover - A giant amphibious sea monster that appeared in the first entry of the franchise. It was awakened by the Chaui station and made landfall in New York City, terrorizing it before ultimately being killed by the Hammerdown protocol. It makes a brief appearance once again in The Cloverfield Paradox where it is heavily implied that it is an extradimensional Creature that was brought into different realities via the activation of the Shepard Particle Accelerator
• Human Scale Parasites - Dog sized skin mite-like creatures that dwell on Clover's body, only to fall down and actively hunt humans with a lethal bite that causes those affected by it to spontaneously explode.
• Alien spaceships - Biomechanical alien creatures that appear during the climax of 10 Cloverfield Lane that had launched an invasion on North America. Their arrival coincided with a red flash as witnessed by astronauts aboard the International Space Station and Emmett DeWitt. One was destroyed by Michelle via Molotov cocktail but more are seen as she heads to Houston, Texas
• Mutant space worm - Quadrupedal scout creatures deployed from the biomechanical spacecrafts to track and hunt humans that avoid gassing from the ships, one of which hunts Michelle.
  

Trivia

• Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, writers of the 2018 Paramount horror film A Quiet Place, revealed in a 2018 article from Slashfilm that they considered pitching the film to be part of the Cloverfield franchise. However, the idea was shot down by Paramount, who thought the script could stand on its own. Interestingly, A Quiet Place director and actor John Krasinski was originally planned to star in God Particle, the spec script that would ultimately become The Cloverfield Paradox.^{[citation needed]}
• Another Slashfilm article from 2018 falsely claimed the Bad Robot production Overlord was the fourth entry in the franchise. Abrams himself later clarified that the film was not connected, but that Bad Robot were developing a direct sequel to Cloverfield.
• A Cloverfield poster can be seen in the film Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen in Sam Witwicky's college dorm room. This is possibly a reference to Cloverfield's first teaser being attached to the first Michael Bay Transformers film.

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