MTV talked to Cloverfield director Matt
Reeves, whose Let Me In opens October 1st, about the planned sequel to
the 2008 monster film.
Is the Cloverfield monster dead? Was the military able to destroy it? These questions were on
everyone’s mind as they left the theater after watching the film. Of course, if
you left immediately after the film ended without waiting for the credits to
run…what were you thinking? In a movie like this you always, stay for the
end credits because you never know when they’re going to give you a little
something extra. And if you stayed for the end credits you got two bonuses. One
bonus was the really cool Overture music and the last was some static filled,
garbled transmission that lasted a couple of seconds at the very, very end of
the film. So what did the transmission at the end of the credits say?
Unfortunately, listening to it at the end of the movie, it was impossible to
understand. However, if you were to sneak a recording device into the movie and
secretly record the garbled message then take it home and upload it to your
computer where you digitally enhanced the static and then reverse the audio…you
will clearly hear a voice saying, “It’s still alive.”
Matt
Reeves, stated that, while himself and
producer J.J. Abrams are concentrating on other things
right now, there’s definitely still interest in returning to that universe.
“It really
isn’t the moment for [the sequel] to go any further than it has, but it
continues to be a priority for both of us,” Reeves said. “J.J. is very immersed
in putting together ‘Super 8.’ He’s... in pre-production and really, really
passionately getting that together. And I’m passionately finishing ‘Let Me
In.’
He also
assured there’s no connection between Cloverfield and Super
8.
“There
literally is no connection whatsoever,” he added. “It’s just a really cool idea
for a film. I know what [J.J. is] doing and it’s amazing.”
Cloverfield cost just $25 million to make and earned $170 million
worldwide.
