10 Cloverfield Lane

A young woman named Michelle leaves her apartment in New Orleans after having an argument with her fiancé, Ben. That night, while driving through rural Louisiana, she hears news reports of blackouts in several major cities. Suddenly, Michelle's car is struck off the road, knocking her unconscious. Awakening with an injured leg, Michelle finds she is chained in a bunker. Her captor, an older man named Howard, unchains her and explains he captured her to save her life; there has been an attack that left the air outside poisoned.

Howard gives Michelle a tour of his bunker, which also houses his construction assistant, a younger man named Emmett. Through a viewport, Howard shows her two decayed pigs outside as evidence of the fallout. However, Michelle sees Howard's truck and recalls it striking her car. She privately relays this to Emmett, who dismisses it, saying he came to the bunker voluntarily after witnessing the attack. During dinner, Howard shows flashes of jealousy, and little tolerance for Emmett. Michelle attempts to escape, injuring Howard, but witnesses a woman covered with lesions outside, who ends up bashing her head on the door. Horrified, Michelle retreats, and Howard claims that he accidentally struck Michelle's car in a panic trying to reach the bunker. Convinced into trusting him, Michelle stitches a cut she caused Howard.

Over the next few days, the trio begins to adapt to life underground, and Howard opens up about his late daughter. Soon the air ventilation system fails after something loud passes overhead. Howard sends Michelle through a small duct to reactivate it. In the control room, she finds a padlocked skylight with "HELP" scratched on the inside, and an earring she saw in a picture of Howard's daughter. Michelle shares this with Emmett, who recognizes the girl in the picture as a local girl who disappeared two years earlier; it is further revealed that Howard's actual daughter left with his wife. Deciding to seek help, Michelle begins to fashion a makeshift hazmat suit to venture outside.

Howard soon finds the tools Michelle and Emmett were using, and threatens to immerse them both in perchloric acid. When Emmett claims responsibility, Howard shoots and kills him, telling a shocked Michelle that now they can be a family of two. Michelle secretly finishes the suit while Howard cleans up. When Howard discovers this, Michelle flees and is able to upend the barrel of acid onto him, disfiguring him and starting a fire. Leaving Howard to his fate, Michelle dons the suit and escapes. Michelle sees birds outside, realizing there is no fallout. She removes her mask and notices a biomechanical alien craft in the distance, which notices her when the bunker explodes from the fire.

The craft attacks Michelle, discharging a green gas, which she overcomes with her mask. Michelle is attacked by a quadrupedal creature and takes shelter in Howard's truck. The craft's tentacles lift the truck to reach Michelle, but she destroys it with a Molotov cocktail. Escaping in the woman's car, Michelle hears a broadcast about the battle with the invaders; survivors are instructed to seek safety in Baton Rouge, while help is requested from anyone with medical or combat training in Houston. Michelle heads for Houston while a larger alien craft is revealed, silhouetted by lightning.

• Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Michelle{{cite web |url=https://empireonline.com/movies/features/jj-abrams-talks-10-cloverfield-lane-secrets/ |title=Exclusive: J.J. Abrams talks 10 Cloverfield Lane |first=Emma |last=Thrower |work=Empire |date=February 26, 2016 |access-date=February 26, 2016}}
• John Goodman as Howard Stambler{{cite web |url=http://tagruato.jp/employee_of_the_month_2016_february.php |title=Tagruato Corporation - Employees of the Month: February 2016 |access-date=February 10, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160210215047/http://tagruato.jp/employee_of_the_month_2016_february.php |archive-date=February 10, 2016 }} [http://www.tagruato.jp/ Tagruato.jp] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080215075036/http://www.tagruato.jp/ |date=2008-02-15 }} is a website that was first used by the makers of Cloverfield in its viral marketing campaign.
• John Gallagher Jr. as Emmett DeWitt
• Suzanne Cryer as Leslie
• Bradley Cooper as Ben (voice){{cite web |url=https://cinemablend.com/new/How-Bradley-Cooper-Scored-Mystery-Role-10-Cloverfield-Lane-116767.html |title=How 10 Cloverfield Lane Landed An A-Lister For A Mystery Cameo |work=cinemablend.com |access-date=March 8, 2016 |archive-date=March 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308110829/http://www.cinemablend.com/new/How-Bradley-Cooper-Scored-Mystery-Role-10-Cloverfield-Lane-116767.html |url-status=dead}}

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10 Cloverfield Lane originated from an "ultra low budget" spec script penned by Josh Campbell and Matt Stuecken, titled The Cellar.{{cite web|url=http://logins.specscout.com/homepage.php?mod=screenplay&smod=coverage&cmd=cvgd&sp_id=287|title=The Cellar|work=Spec Scout|access-date=January 16, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tracking-board.com/the-hit-list-2012-full-list/|title=THE HIT LIST 2012 (FULL LIST)|work=The Tracking Board|date=December 10, 2012 |access-date=January 16, 2016}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.tracking-board.com/the-hit-list/|title=THE HIT LIST|work=The Tracking Board|date=April 9, 2010 |access-date=January 16, 2016}} In 2012, Paramount Pictures bought the script and commenced further development under Bad Robot for Insurge Pictures, Paramount's specialty label for films with a micro-budget. When Bad Robot became involved, the film was assigned the codename Valencia to keep exact details of the production a secret.{{cite web|url=http://www.slashfilm.com/dan-trachtenberg-bad-robot-valencia/|title=John Gallagher Jr. Joins John Goodman & Mary Elizabeth Winstead in Dan Trachtenberg's Bad Robot Movie 'Valencia'|first=Peter|last=Sciretta|date=September 22, 2014|work=/Film|access-date=January 16, 2016}}

Damien Chazelle was brought in to rewrite Campbell and Stuecken's draft and direct the film. Chazelle dropped out from directing when his Whiplash project received funding. On April 3, 2014, it was reported production for Valencia was greenlit to begin in the fall of 2014, under the direction of Dan Trachtenberg with the latest draft being written by an uncredited Daniel Casey.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/mary-elizabeth-winstead-valencia-1201282545/|title=Mary Elizabeth Winstead to Star in 'The Cellar' for Paramount and Bad Robot|first1=Justin|last1=Kroll|date=August 25, 2014}} A budget of about $5 million was reported to be expected, in keeping with the mandate of Paramount's Insurge division of producing micro-budgeted films.{{cite web|url=https://thewrap.com/dan-trachtenberg-direct-cellar-paramount-insurge-bad-robot-exclusive/|title=Paramount's Insurge, Bad Robot Greenlight Low-Budget Thriller 'Valencia' (Exclusive)|first=Lucas|last=Shaw|date=April 3, 2014|work=TheWrap|access-date=January 16, 2016}}

On July 8, 2014, Variety reported John Goodman was in negotiations to star in the film.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/john-goodman-bad-robots-valencia-1201259446/|title=John Goodman in Talks to Star in Bad Robot's 'The Cellar' (EXCLUSIVE)|first=Justin|last=Kroll|work=Variety|date=July 8, 2014|access-date=January 16, 2016}} On August 25, 2014, they reported Mary Elizabeth Winstead had entered negotiations,{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/mary-elizabeth-winstead-valencia-1201282545/|title=Mary Elizabeth Winstead to Star in 'The Cellar' for Paramount and Bad Robot|first=Justin|last=Kroll|work=Variety|date=August 25, 2014|access-date=January 16, 2016}} and on September 22, 2014, John Gallagher Jr. reportedly joined the cast.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/newsroom-paramount-bad-robots-the-cellar-1201310849/|title='Newsroom' Actor Joins Paramount and Bad Robot's 'The Cellar' (EXCLUSIVE)|first=Justin |last=Kroll|work=Variety|date=September 22, 2014|access-date=January 16, 2016}}

During production, the filmmakers noticed core similarities to Cloverfield,{{cite magazine |last=Sullivan |first=Kevin P. |url=https://ew.com/article/2016/02/25/jj-abrams-10-cloverfield-lane-secrets |title=10 Cloverfield Lane and the 6 steps to making a secret movie |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=26 February 2016}} and decided to make the picture what Abrams calls "a blood relative" or "spiritual successor" of that film.{{cite web |last=Chitwood |first=Adam |url=https://collider.com/cloverfield-2-trailer-10-cloverfield-lane/ |title=10 Cloverfield Lane Trailer Reveals J.J. Abrams Sequel |date=15 January 2016 |work=Collider |access-date=26 February 2016}}{{cite magazine |last=Sullivan |first=Kevin P. |url=https://ew.com/article/2016/02/26/jj-abrams-10-cloverfield-lane-interview |title=J.J. Abrams Q&A: 10 Cloverfield Lane and his post-Force Awakens path |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=26 February 2016}} "The spirit of it, the genre of it, the heart of it, the fear factor, the comedy factor, the weirdness factor, there were so many elements that felt like the DNA of this story were of the same place that Cloverfield was born out of", said Abrams. In other interviews he explained: "Those characters and that monster [from Cloverfield] are not in this movie, but there are other characters and other monsters", and "This movie is very purposefully not called Cloverfield 2, because it's not Cloverfield 2, [...] So if you're approaching it as a literal sequel, you'll be surprised to see what this movie is. But while it's not what you might expect from a movie that has the name Cloverfield in it, I think you'll find that you'll understand the connection when you see the whole thing."{{cite web |url=http://www.fandango.com/movie-news/exclusive-jj-abrams-talks-10-cloverfield-lane-and-its-connection-to-the-larger-cloverfield-universe-750536 |title=Exclusive: J.J. Abrams Talks '10 Cloverfield Lane' and Its Connection to the Larger 'Cloverfield' Universe |first=Erik |last=Davis |work=Fandango |date=February 24, 2016 |access-date=26 February 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://movieweb.com/10-cloverfield-lane-interviews-secrets-cast-director/ |title='10 Cloverfield Lane' Cast & Director Unveil the Big Secret - EXCLUSIVE |first=Julian |last=Roman |date=8 March 2016 |work=MovieWeb |access-date=8 March 2016}}{{cite web |last=Han |first=Angie |url=http://www.slashfilm.com/10-cloverfield-lane-cameo/ |title=10 Cloverfield Lane Cameo: A-Lister's Secret Role Revealed |work=Slashfilm |date=March 8, 2016 |access-date=9 March 2016}} Winstead and Gallagher mentioned that during production they were aware that the film had thematic similarities to Cloverfield, but did not learn that there would be an official connection until they were informed of the chosen title, only a few days before the release of the trailer.{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/KevinMcCarthyFOX/videos/1674159912850868/ |title=10 CLOVERFIELD LANE interviews - John... - Kevin McCarthy FOX - Facebook |work=facebook.com |access-date=9 March 2016}} Abrams came up with the title after finishing Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015).{{cite web |last=Chitwood |first=Adam |url=https://collider.com/bear-mccreary-10-cloverfield-lane-the-walking-dead-interview/ |title=10 Cloverfield Lane: Bear McCreary on the Score, J.J. Abrams |date=8 March 2016 |work=Collider |access-date=9 March 2016}}{{cite web |last=Ryan |first=Mike |url=http://uproxx.com/movies/10-cloverfield-lane-dan-trachtenberg-interview/2/ |title='10 Cloverfield Lane' Director Dan Trachtenberg On His Mysterious Film |work=UPROXX |date=March 7, 2016 |access-date=9 March 2016}}

In a March 2015 interview, a few months after production wrapped, Winstead was asked about her experience during Valencia and described it as a "really contained film", reiterating the premise of The Cellar about a woman being trapped with her mysterious savior in a supposed post-nuclear fallout world.{{cite web |url=https://collider.com/mary-elizabeth-winstead-faults-interview/ |title=Mary Elizabeth Winstead Talks 'Faults' and 'Valencia' |first=Christina |last=Radish |date=March 10, 2015 |work=Collider |access-date=January 16, 2016}} Later in the month, Insurge Pictures was reported to have been dismantled and its staff absorbed by its parent company. Insurge's only film that had yet to be released was reported to be Valencia.{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/news/2015/03/24/paramount-shuts-down-low-budget-insurge-division.html|title=Paramount shuts down low-budget Insurge division|first=Annlee|last=Ellingson|date=March 14, 2015|work=L.A. Biz|access-date=January 16, 2016}} Speaking of rewrites that took place during production, Winstead called them "nothing that was major".{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2016/01/30/10-cloverfield-lane-mary-elizabeth-winstead|title=10 Cloverfield Lane: Mary Elizabeth Winstead teases secretive new film|first=Jessica|last=Derschowitz|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=January 30, 2016|access-date=January 30, 2016}}

During an interview with Abrams to promote 10 Cloverfield Lane, he said the creative team behind the original had some ideas on developing Cloverfield 2, but the release of films such as Godzilla (2014) and Pacific Rim (2013) led them to abandon them as they found the concept of kaiju films played out.

Principal photography on the film began on October 20, 2014, in New Orleans, Louisiana.{{cite news |title=Bad Robot's 'Valencia' Starring John Goodman Now Filming and Hiring Crew in New Orleans |url=http://www.projectcasting.com/news/bad-robots-valencia-starring-john-goodman-now-filming-and-hiring-crew-in-new-orleans/ |access-date=November 25, 2015 |publisher=projectcasting.com |date=September 26, 2014}} Filming took place in chronological order on only one set.{{cite web|url=https://empireonline.com/movies/features/10-cloverfield-lane-director-dan-trachtenberg-bad-robot-fan-theories/|title=10 Cloverfield Lane director Dan Trachtenberg on Bad Robot and fan theories|first=Emma |last=Thrower|work=Empire|date=January 3, 2016 |access-date=2 March 2016}} Scenes involving explosions, fire, and smoke were shot in early December 2014 in Hahnville, Louisiana.{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldguide.com/details.php?id=15037|title='Explosive' thriller set to rock Hahnville|first=Jonathan|last=Menard|work=St. Charles Herald-Guide|date=December 1, 2014|access-date=January 18, 2016|archive-date=September 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913044944/http://www.heraldguide.com/details.php?id=15037|url-status=dead}} Filming ended on December 15, 2014.{{cite news |title=On The Set, - Box Office ... Abrams Wraps The Cellar, Tom Hiddleston Finishes I Saw the Light & More |url=http://www.ssninsider.com/on-the-set-for-121514-jj-abrams-wraps-the-cellar-tom-hiddleston-finishes-i-saw-the-light-more/ |access-date=December 16, 2014 |publisher=ssninsider.com|date=December 15, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924105339/http://www.ssninsider.com/on-the-set-for-121514-jj-abrams-wraps-the-cellar-tom-hiddleston-finishes-i-saw-the-light-more/ |archive-date=September 24, 2015}}

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Bear McCreary composed the music for the film. The soundtrack was digitally released on March 11, 2016.{{cite web |url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2016/03/04/10-cloverfield-lane-soundtrack-details/ |title='10 Cloverfield Lane' Soundtrack Details |work=filmmusicreporter.com |access-date=March 8, 2016}}

The film's title was revealed on January 15, 2016, in a trailer attached to 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi. As with Cloverfield, a viral marketing campaign was used that included elements of an alternate reality game. Bad Robot kick-started the campaign in early February 2016 by updating the Tagruato.jp website used for the original film. The campaign revealed backstory information about the character Howard Stambler and his daughter.{{cite news |last=Giroux |first=Jack |url=http://www.slashfilm.com/10-cloverfield-lane-viral-box/ |title='10 Cloverfield Lane' Viral: What's in the Box? |publisher=/Film |date=February 19, 2016 }}

The film was released in select countries on March 10, 2016, in regular and IMAX theaters, before its official release in North America on March 11, also in conventional and IMAX theaters.{{cite web| website= 10cloverfieldlane.com| url= http://www.10cloverfieldlane.com/_apps/releasedates/release-dates.html| title=Release Dates}} Those who attended screenings of the film at AMC IMAX theaters were eligible to receive collectible movie posters, which illustrated the three main characters separately.{{cite web| url= http://www.imax.com/news/10-cloverfield-lane-imax-giveaways| title=10 CLOVERFIELD LANE IMAX GIVEAWAYS|work=IMAX| date= March 8, 2016 |access-date= March 25, 2016}} The film was rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for "thematic material including frightening sequences of threat with some violence, and brief language".{{cite web| url= https://comingsoon.net/movie/10-cloverfield-lane-2016|title=10 Cloverfield Lane |work=ComingSoon.net| access-date= March 25, 2016|archive-date=March 25, 2016| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160325045600/http://www.comingsoon.net/movie/10-cloverfield-lane-2016|url-status= dead}}

10 Cloverfield Lane grossed $72.2 million in the United States and $38.1 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $110.2 million.

In the United States and Canada, the film made $1.8 million from its Thursday night previews at 2,500 theaters,{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/03/10-cloverfield-lane-brothers-grimsby-zootopia-weekend-box-office-1201718537/|title=Audiences Start Screaming For '10 Cloverfield Lane' On Thursday|first=Anthony |last=D'Alessandro|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=March 11, 2016|access-date=March 11, 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2016/03/11/box-office-10-cloverfield-lane-scares-up-1-8m-thursday/#4e777f4b789a|title=Box Office: '10 Cloverfield Lane' Scares Up $1.8M Thursday|first=Scott |last=Mendelson|work=Forbes|date=March 11, 2016|access-date=March 11, 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/box-office-10-cloverfield-lane-devours-brothers-grimsby-160525783.html|title=Box Office: '10 Cloverfield Lane' Devours 'Brothers Grimsby' With Huge $1.8M Thursday Night|first=Pamela |last=McClintock|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=March 11, 2016|access-date=March 11, 2016}} and $9 million on its first day (including Thursday previews).{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2016/03/12/friday-box-office-10-cloverfield-lane-adds-9m-to-its-mystery-box-brothers-grimsby-bombs/#601c13221ad0|title=Friday Box Office: '10 Cloverfield Lane' Adds $9M To Its Mystery Box, 'Brothers Grimsby' Bombs|first=Scott |last=Mendelson|work=Forbes|date=March 12, 2016|access-date=March 12, 2016}} In its opening weekend, it earned $24.7 million, finishing in second place at the box office behind Zootopia ($51.3 million), which was in its second weekend.{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2016/03/13/weekend-box-office-10-cloverfield-lane-scares-up-25m-while-brothers-grimsby-flops-hard/#498f8483ffee|title=Weekend Box Office: '10 Cloverfield Lane' Scares Up $25M While 'Brothers Grimsby' Flops Hard|first=Scott |last=Mendelson|work=Forbes|date=March 13, 2016|access-date=March 13, 2016}}

Outside North America, 10 Cloverfield Lane received a staggered release,{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/03/divergent-series-allegiant-zootopia-gods-of-egypt-deadpool-international-box-office-weekend-results-overseas-1201719546/|title='Allegiant' Pledges $26.7M; 'Zootopia' Hops With $83M 5th Frame – Intl B.O. Update|first=Nancy |last=Tartaglione|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=March 13, 2016|access-date=March 14, 2016}} across 54 countries.{{cite web|url=http://www.10cloverfieldlane.com/_apps/releasedates/release-dates.html|title=Global Sites and Relesse Date|access-date=April 6, 2016}} It earned $1.5 million in its opening weekend from six international markets with a bulk of it coming from Australia ($1 million). Overall, the top openings were in the United Kingdom and Ireland ($2.2 million), South Korea ($1.7 million), and France ($1.4 million).{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/03/zootopia-allegiant-divergent-revenant-kung-fu-panda-international-box-office-weekend-resultsinternational-box-office-1201723288/|title='Zootopia' Zooms To $592M Global; Sets Animation Record In China Where 'The Revenant' Rides With $33M – Intl B.O.|first=Nancy |last=Tartaglione|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=March 20, 2016|access-date=March 20, 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/04/batman-v-superman-jungle-book-huntsman-winters-war-zootopia-london-has-fallen-china-weekend-results-international-box-office-1201734780/|title='Batman V Superman' At $487.7M Offshore; 'Jungle Book' Swings With $31.7M; 'Huntsman' Misses Mark; 'Zootopia' Sets Dis China Record – Intl B.O. Final|first=Nancy |last=Tartaglione|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=April 11, 2016|access-date=April 12, 2016}}

On Rotten Tomatoes, 90% of 319 critic reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.5/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Smart, solidly crafted, and palpably tense, 10 Cloverfield Lane makes the most of its confined setting and outstanding cast—and suggests a new frontier for franchise filmmaking."{{cite web|url=https://rottentomatoes.com/m/10_cloverfield_lane/|title=10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)|website=Rotten Tomatoes|publisher=Fandango Media|access-date=January 31, 2021}} According to Metacritic, which calculated a weighted average score of 76 out of 100 based on 43 critics, the film received "generally favorable" reviews.{{cite web |url=https://metacritic.com/movie/10-cloverfield-lane |title=10 Cloverfield Lane Reviews |website=Metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive |access-date=March 16, 2016}} Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B−" on an A+ to F scale.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/03/10-cloverfield-lane-brothers-grimsby-zootopia-weekend-box-office-1201718537/ |first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|title=Audiences Booking Trips To 'Zootopia' & '10 Cloverfield Lane' |website=Deadline Hollywood|date=March 15, 2016 }}

Bill Zwecker of the Chicago Sun-Times gave 10 Cloverfield Lane four stars out of four, commending the film as "continually gripping and extremely engrossing ... [Dan Trachtenberg] helmed this film with artistry, imagination and skillful precision."{{cite news|url=http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/review-10-cloverfield-lane4/|title='10 Cloverfield Lane': Tense and twisty beneath the surface|last=Zwecker |first=Bill|newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times|date=March 10, 2016|access-date=March 24, 2016}} Jeannette Catsoulis of The New York Times praised the cast's performance and Jeff Cutter's cinematography, while writing: "Sneakily tweaking our fears of terrorism, '10 Cloverfield Lane,' though no more than a kissing cousin to its namesake, is smartly chilling and finally spectacular. A sequel is virtually a given."{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/11/movies/10-cloverfield-lane-review.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0|title=Review: '10 Cloverfield Lane' Houses a Survivalist, His Captive and Jolts|last=Catsoulis |first=Jeannette|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 10, 2016|access-date=March 24, 2016}} Alan Scherstuhl of the Village Voice also praised the acting and technical aspects, but wrote that the film "is less compelling in terms of character and meaning."{{cite news|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/film/the-final-final-girl-mary-elizabeth-winstead-outfoxes-the-end-times-in-10-cloverfield-lane-8368051|title=The Final Final Girl: Mary Elizabeth Winstead Outfoxes the End-Times in '10 Cloverfield Lane'|last=Scherstuhl |first=Alan|newspaper=Village Voice|date=March 9, 2016|access-date=March 24, 2016}}

In a mixed review for Slant, Chuck Bowen found a lack of character development between the three leads, and labeled the film's ending as anticlimactic. Bowen also writes: "The film hits its expositional narrative marks and nothing else ... 10 Cloverfield Lane will almost immediately evaporate from the mind, before J.J. Abrams commences in selling you the same thing all over again."{{cite magazine|url=https://slantmagazine.com/film/review/10-cloverfield-lane|title=10 Cloverfield Lane|last=Bowen |first=Chuck|magazine=Slant Magazine|date=March 11, 2016|access-date=March 24, 2016}} Soren Andersen of the Seattle Times, who gave 10 Cloverfield Lane one and half stars out of four, similarly criticized the film's ending, labeling it as "full-bore" and "Too little. Too late."{{cite news|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/movies/10-cloverfield-lane-horror-flick-stays-too-long-in-the-basement/|title='10 Cloverfield Lane': Horror flick stays too long in the basement|last=Andersen |first=Soren|newspaper=Seattle Times|date=March 10, 2016|access-date=March 4, 2016}} James Verniere of the Boston Herald disapproved of the characters and pacing, and he ultimately described the film as "a crummy, low-rent, intellectually bereft thriller."{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/2016/03/10_cloverfield_moves_at_a_slow_stupid_pace|title='10 Cloverfield' moves at a slow, stupid pace|last=Verniere |first=James|newspaper=Boston Herald|date=March 11, 2016|access-date=March 24, 2016}}

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Having originally planned the film as a direct sequel to Cloverfield, Abrams suggested that he had thought of something which, if they were lucky enough to get it made, "could be really cool [insofar as it] connects some stories" in a third film, even teasing a larger Cloverfield universe.{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2016/02/25/cloverfield-jj-abrams-third-movie|title=Cloverfield: J.J. Abrams already knows what the third movie would be|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=26 February 2016 |last=Sullivan|first=Kevin P.}} Interviews with Trachtenberg and Winstead confirm that the movie is, and always was intended to be, an expansion of the first film, with Trachtenberg calling it the "Cloververse".{{Cite web|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/664779-mary-elizabeth-winstead-and-director-dan-trachtenberg-on-10-cloverfield-lane |last=Evry |first=Max |title=Mary Elizabeth Winstead and the 10 Cloverfield Lane Director|date=March 10, 2016|website=ComingSoon.net}} Winstead has voiced her interest in returning for another installment.{{cite web |last=Wakeman |first=Gregory |url=https://cinemablend.com/new/More-Cloverfield-Films-Mary-Elizabeth-Winstead-Here-What-She-Said-118377.html |title=More Cloverfield Films For Mary Elizabeth Winstead? Here's What She Said |work=CinemaBlend |date=March 14, 2016 |access-date=March 16, 2016}}

In October 2016, it was revealed that the Abrams-produced God Particle would be the third installment in the Cloverfield franchise.{{cite web|publisher=/Film|title='God Particle' is 'Cloverfield 3'b|date=October 26, 2016 |last=Sciretta |first=Peter |url=http://www.slashfilm.com/god-particle-is-cloverfield-3/}} After several postponements of the film's release date, it was released as a Netflix Original on February 4, 2018, under the new title The Cloverfield Paradox.

In The Cloverfield Paradox, Donal Logue cameos as Mark Stambler, a conspiracy theorist discussing the "Cloverfield Paradox"; reviewers observed that the character shares the same surname as Howard Stambler in 10 Cloverfield Lane.{{cite web | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/cloverfield-3-paradox-easter-eggs-cameos-references-netflix-10-cloverfield-lane-links-secrets-things-a8197506.html | title = The Cloverfield Paradox: All the Easter Eggs, cameos and references to other Cloverfield films | first= Jack | last= Shepherd | date = February 7, 2018 | access-date = February 9, 2018 | work = The Independent }} Suzanne Cryer, who appeared as Leslie in 10 Cloverfield Lane, also appears in a brief cameo role as a newscaster who interviews Stambler.

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