New 'Cloverfield' Film In Development From Director Babak Anvari, J.J. Abrams Produced For Bad Robot

Another chapter of the "Cloverfield" universe is coming.

"Wounds" director Babak Anvari has been tapped to direct the series' latest episode blockbuster horror. J.J. Abrams is producing from Bad Robot, starring Hannah Minghella and Jon Cohen. Bryan Burk, Matt Reeves and Drew Goddard will serve as executive producers. Joe Barton, who wrote the 2017 cult horror hit "The Ritual," is set to pen the screenplay.

This next installment is currently in development at Paramount Pictures and will be the fourth chapter in the experimental science fi series . The first film, 2008's "Cloverfield," was a found alien invasion film that became a sleeper hit. The second chapter, 2016's "10 Cloverfield Lane," modified an existing script to fit the "Cloverfield" universe and became a commercial and critical success, anchored by strong performances from Mary Elizabeth Winstead and John Goodman. The third installment, 2018 space thriller 'The Cloverfield Paradox', was widely criticized but gained notoriety when Netflix announced the project during the Super Bowl, confirming that fans could watch it immediately after the game.

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Abrams, who produced all the films in the series, spoke to Time when the first episode is arrived posted in 2008 why he thought found footage was the proper medium for this creature feature.

"The movie is supposed to be entertainment, give people the kind of thrills I had when I was a kid watching monster movies," he said. "I hadn't seen anything like it in many years. I felt like there had to be a way to make an updated and fresh monster movie. So we imagined the Youtubeification of things, the omnipresence of video cameras, cell phones with cameras. The era of self-documentation felt like a wonderful prism through which to view the monster movie. Our view is what if the absolutely absurd happened? How terrifying would that be? The video camera, to which we all have access. There's a certain weird, weird intimacy that comes with these videos. Our take is a classic B-movie made in a way that makes it very real and relevant, allowing it to be both spectacular and incredibly intimate. »

Adam B. Vary contributed to this report.

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