New IMAX ‘Cloverfield’ Movie Announced For October 2017, ‘God Particle’ Removed From The Release Calendar
Paramount Pictures has announced thatCLOVERFIELD MOVIE(IMAX)will be hitting theaters onOctober 27th, 2017. At the same time,God Particlewhich was originally set to hit theaters on February 24th, 2017 has been removed from the schedule.God Particlewas believed to be the next film in the Cloverfield anthology film franchise, following off of the success of this year’s10 Cloverfield Lane. While we assume that the new IMAXCloverfield MovieisGod Particleand that the studio has finally renamed it publicly, there is no confirmation on this from Paramount.
I just tweeted the other day that we were less than three months from the release ofGod Particleand had yet to see a single piece of marketing for the film. It was widely assumed that Paramount would be surprising people with a trailer late this winter, either onRogue One: A Star Wars Storyor attached toPassengers. But now the film has apparently fallen off the schedule.
TheCloverfieldmovies have traditionally been revealed as surprises attached in front of Michael Bay films. The originalCloverfieldteaser surprised moviegoers seeingTransformers. Then10 Cloverfield Lanewas a surprise attached to Michael Bay’s13 Hours. If I were to guess, the first trailer for this newCloverfieldmovie would probably be attached toTransformers: The Last Knightwhen it hits theaters in July.
Julius Onah’sGod ParticlestarsDavid Oyelowo, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Chris O’Dowd, Daniel Bruhl, Zhang ZiyiandElizabeth Debickias crewmembers aboard a space station who find themselves alone after a scientific experiment causes Earth too, apparently, disappear. When another space shuttle appears, the space station crew must determine if those aboard are friendly or enemies.
While many big sources have reported thatGod Particleis aCloverfieldmovie, no one at Paramount has publicly confirmed this. To make matters more confusing,God ParticlestarGugu Mbatha-Rawwas shocked to hearthat her film was supposedly aCloverfieldmovie, and claimed not to know how her movie and the otherCloverfieldfilms were connected. I wonder if this new date might mean that Paramount will be doing some additional photography to further connect the movie to the ongoing anthology franchise? It’s a science fiction movie set in space, so it’s also possible that production needs more time to finish the visual effects.
