"It’s Not Cloverfield 2": J.J. Abrams Talks '10 Cloverfield Lane,' Promises Lots Of Connections And "A New Monster"

“The story of this movie – and it came to us originally as a spec that was very different in a lot of ways and an unrelated thing altogether – is definitely about different kinds of monsters,” producer J.J. Abrams told Fandango about the upcoming "10 Cloverfield Lane," and that's an important thing to remember. The picture, starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher Jr., and John Goodman as a trio holed up in an underground bunker while an unknown terror plagues the outside world, started filming as "Valencia," but according to Paramount, it was during production that the decision was made to make it a "blood relative" of "Cloverfield." And that's why Abrams is very careful in explaining what "10 Cloverfield Lane" is....and isn't.

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“This movie is very purposefully not called 'Cloverfield 2, because it’s not...