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Paramount and J.J. Abrams Bad Robot Productions have moved the science-fiction thriller 2017 Cloverfield Movie back by more than three months to Feb. 2, 2018, from Oct. 27. The studio has also moved George Clooneys Suburbicon forward a week from Nov. 3 to Oct. 27.
This is now the second delay for the Cloverfield threequel, which had been originally titled God Particle, after it was pushed back for the first time from its initial Feb. 24, 2017, date.
The 2017 Cloverfield Movie, which will most likely be retitled, will become the first title to launch on Feb. 2, just two days before the NFLs 52nd Super Bowl.
The story, set in the near future, centers on a team of astronauts on a space station making a terrifying discovery that challenges all they know about the fabric of reality, all while desperately trying to fight for their survival.
Nigerian-American filmmaker Julius Onah is directing. David Oyelowo, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ziyi Zhang, Elizabeth Debicki, Daniel Brühl, and Chris ODowd are starring.
The studio and Bad Robot have been developing the project since 2012. Its the third part of the Cloverfield universe, launched in 2008 with the secrecy-shrouded found-footage monster movie Cloverfield.
Paramount-based Abrams was also a producer on last years 10 Cloverfield Lane, which opened in March with Dan Trachtenberg directing. Abrams called 10 Cloverfield Lane a spiritual successor to the original Cloverfield.