So You Want to Make a Godzilla Cinematic Universe, Again

Last week, Nikkei Style interviewed Toho’s Chief Godzilla Officer, Keiji Ota, about the future of the franchise. Ota, who surely has the coolest job title in the world, revealed a few of the company’s plans; by the far the biggest was a new cinematic universe to begin after 2021. Godzilla will be at its center, of course, but spinoff movies for other monsters are on the table as well.

J.J. Abrams Drags Us Back Inside the Cloverfield Mystery Box

10 Cloverfield Lane was a “blood relative.” The Cloverfield Paradox promised we would finally “find out why.” Now J.J. Abrams, Hollywood’s resident trickster god, is claiming that his company Bad Robot is “developing a true, dedicated Cloverfield sequel,” to be released in theaters “very soon.” The old saying doesn’t get as far as “fool me thrice,” but maybe this time there’s reason to believe him.