10 Cloverfield Lane: 9 Clues To What The Mystery Sequel Really Is

9. We've Actually Known About It For Four Years

When the trailer for 10 Cloverfield Lane dropped in January everybody went nuts. J.J. Abrams had managed to make a follow-up to Cloverfield, something fans had been clamouring for since 2008, and got to just two months before release without anyone having a clue about it. But, just like with how he kept Star Wars: The Force Awakens a secret, that wasn't exactly true - this is a movie whose development had been pretty well covered. Back in 2012, a movie called The Cellar placed on spec-script rundown The Hit List and was swiftly brought up by Paramount, who turned to Bad Robot to develop it. Then, in Summer 2014, John Goodman and Mary Elizabeth Winstead signed onto the hostage thriller, shooting it later that year and openly discussing it in interviews. All of this was publicly reported, but with a first-time director and low-budget very few people batted an eyelid until the sudden, unexpected title reveal.