Reeves on board CLOVERFIELD sequel & INVISIBLE WOMAN

by Matt Holmes

I know this is hardly news seen as though we mentioned it yesterday in the article discussing Reeves' link to THE WOLF MAN gig but I'm sure there's more than a few of you out there who only read the post's headline and maybe the first paragraph before scrolling down into the never ending abyss of posts. This second line might be a whole new area for some! Kidding. Variety say that Matt Reeves the director of CLOVERFIELD is in early talks with Paramount to direct a sequel of the big monster movie that took over the Internet for six months and heralded a massive opening ($40 million), followed by a massive drop at the Box Office in it's second week (68.2%)... but it's $65 million domestic so far is still more than enough to say it was a worthwhile experiment. The situation for Reeves seems to to be this. He can either direct his INVISIBLE WOMAN movie, or depending on how fast Drew Godard and J.J. Abrams write the script post strike, he can take helm on another CLOVERFIELD movie...

THE INVISIBLE WOMAN has nothing to do with remake of Universal's classic horror movie THE INVSIBILE MAN which David Goyer was writing before the WGA strike, and nor does it have anything to do with Sue Storm in FANTASTIC FOUR. Instead it's described as a Hitchcock style thriller about a former beauty queen who turns to a life of crime to protect her family.

GreeneStreet will finance the movie whose script the studio are calling "original and compelling". They are a pretty small studio who have financed movies you probably won't see in the future, which includes Russell Crowe's TENDERNESS and a Jessica Alba comedy/drama titled BILL.

Can another CLOVERFIELD movie even come close to matching the excitement and event like feeling the original brought to a usually drowsy month for film? I'm not so sure. Curiosity played a massive factor in the film's success and after the fanboys turned up on the first weekend, things went very sour on the movie very quickly.

And although the reviews were strong, many of those who enjoyed it weren't so sure if they would come back for more. I'm not sure another CLOVERFIELD movie will be as great a success but if they can keep the budget low, maybe even lower than the last movie... then I don't see how it could do any harm.

source - variety

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Matt Holmes is the co-founder of What Culture, formerly known as Obsessed With Film. He has been blogging about pop culture and entertainment since 2006 and has written over 10,000 articles.