Paramount and Bad Robot have not yet announced a release date for Overlord yet, but if this does in fact become the next installment of the Cloverfield franchise, it will be the first period piece, with the original Cloverfield, along with last year’s 10 Cloverfield Lane and the currently-untitled third movie that was previously called God Particle, all set in present day.
Paramount Pictures and Bad Robot jointly announced today the complete cast for Overlord, from Director Julius Avery (Son of a Gun).
Given the success of 10 Cloverfield Lane, which pulled in $110 million worldwide from a miniscule budget, it wouldn’t be surprising to see Bad Robot and Paramount pushing the envelope of this franchise, even with a World War II movie like the upcoming Overlord.
The Bad Robot production is produced by J.J. Abrams and Lindsey Weber, and written by Billy Ray (Captain Phillips) and Mark L. Smith (The Revenant).