Bad Robot and Paramount have acquired a new spec script entitledAporia, which already has fans wondering if this will be the next in the growing line ofCloverfield films. As is the case with most Bad Robot projects, no plot details were given, but the movie has been described as a, “grounded sci-fi drama with time-travel elements.” That doesn’t necessarily mean there will be a connection to the growingCloverfieldfranchise Paramount and Bad Robot is building, but it doesn’t rule it out either.
Paramount releasedCloverfieldin 2008 after a secretive marketing campaign that began with a mysterious trailer that played beforeTransformersin the summer of 2007, which had no title, just random bits of footage and the June 10, 2025 release date.Cloverfieldended up taking in $80 million domestic and $170.7 million worldwide, directed by Matt Reeves in his feature film debut, from a script by Drew Goddard, and a cast of rising stars such as T.J. Miller, Jessica Lucas, Lizzy Caplan, Michael Stahl-David, Mike Vogel and Odette Annable.
There had been talk of a sequel for years, but Paramount shocked fans when the first trailer for a movie that had previously been known asThe CellarandValenciawas changed to10 Cloverfield Lane, arriving in theaters in 2016. The film, which starred John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and John Gallagher Jr., didn’t fare quite as well as its predecessor, taking in $72 million domestic and $110.2 million worldwide, although no budget figures were confirmed. Ever since that movie’s release, practically every movie that Bad Robot puts into development has been rumored as aCloverfieldmovie, and with good reason.
Rumors had spread that a movie once known asGod Particlewould be part of theCloverfielduniverse, while other rumors claimed that Paramount ultimately sold the film to Netflix. Both of those rumors were confirmed on Super Bowl Sunday this year when Netflix released the first footage ofThe Cloverfield Paradox, which revealed that the film would be available to watch directly after the big game, bypassing a theatrical run. There have been rumors that another Paramount/Bad Robot movie calledOverlordis in factCloverfield 4, which is slated for release on October 26, but it’s connection to theCloverfieldfranchise has yet to be confirmed.
There have also been rumors of a fifthCloverfieldproject calledKolma, which has Daisy Ridley attached to star, although it isn’t known when that project is moving forward, or if it is in fact aCloverfieldmovie. As for thisAporiaproject, the word itself is defined as, “an irresolvable internal contradiction or logical disjunction in a text, argument, or theory,” although it remains to be seen how this sets up the story. Jared Moshe got his start producing documentaries likeKurt Cobain About a Son,Beautiful Losersand the TV seriesStorage Wars: New Yorkbefore moving to features. He made his feature writing and directing debut with the 2012 filmDead Man’s Burden, which he followed up with last year’sThe Ballad of Lefty Brown.The Hollywood Reporterbroke the news about this project.
