MOVIE OF THE MONTH: MARCH 2016

                                                                                       
Director      : Dan Trachtenberg
Based on    : 10 Cloverfield 
Music by    : Bear McCreary
Camera      : Jeff Cutter
Production : Bad Robot Productions
Distributor : Paramount Pictures

10 Cloverfield Lane is an upcoming 2016 American science fiction thriller film and the directorial debut of Dan Trachtenberg. The film stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Goodman and John Gallagher, Jr. The film started as a script titled The Cellar, but during production under Bad Robot Productions, it evolved to become what producer J. J. Abrams described as "a blood relative" or spiritual successor but not "a literal sequel" of the 2008 film Cloverfield.

After surviving a car accident, a woman wakes up in an underground cellar, where most of the film takes place. She fears she has been abducted by a survivalist, who tells her he saved her life, and that a worldwide chemical attack has left Earth's surface uninhabitable. Uncertain what to believe, she decides she must escape, no matter what dangers she may face outside.

The film originated from an "ultra low budget" spec script penned by John Campbell and Matt Stuecken titled The Cellar. The Tracking Board included the script in "The Hit List" of 2012, an annually published list of spec scripts written within the year that have impressed its voting members. In 2012, Paramount Pictures bought the script and commenced further development under Bad Robot Productions.

A hypothetical Cloverfield 2 was often discussed with the press by Drew Goddard and Matt Reeves, writers and directors of the 2008 film, but they were uncertain to say when they would find the time to get together along with Abrams to develop it, as they were busy with other projects. The creative team behind the original had some ideas on developing Cloverfield 2 but the release of movies such as Godzilla made them to abandon them.

Website: http://www.10cloverfieldlane.com