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The Cloverfield Paradox

''The Cloverfield Paradox'' is a 2018 American science fiction horror film directed by Julius Onah and written by Oren Uziel, from a story by Uziel and Doug Jung, and produced by J. J. Abrams and Lindsey Weber. It is the third film in the ''Cloverfield'' franchise, following ''Cloverfield'' (2008) and ''10 Cloverfield Lane'' (2016). It stars Daniel Brühl, Elizabeth Debicki, Aksel Hennie, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Chris O'Dowd, John Ortiz, David Oyelowo, and Zhang Ziyi. It follows an international group of astronauts aboard a space station who, after using a particle accelerator to try to solve Earth's energy crisis, must find a way home when the planet seemingly vanishes.

The film is based on'' God Particle'', a spec script from Oren Uziel, which had the main plot of the space-station crew but was unconnected to ''Cloverfield''. The script was acquired by Paramount Pictures and Bad Robot in 2012. It was planned as part of Paramount's low-budget Insurge Pictures distribution label but, following the folding of that label, its production was expanded as a Paramount-distributed film. Only during production did Abrams decide to link the film to ''Cloverfield'', adapting Uziel's screenplay and adding scenes to establish the connection, after the same approach was used to alter ''10 Cloverfield Lane'' from its original script, ''The Cellar''. Abrams saw the particle accelerator accident as a cinematic means for future events to cause changes in the past, narratively linking the ''Cloverfield'' franchise together as separate timelines within the overall multiverse.

Once announced as a yet-to-be-named ''Cloverfield'' film in late 2016, the film's release was delayed several times. A surprise trailer aired during Super Bowl LII on February 4, 2018, advertising the film's final title and its release on Netflix, which had purchased rights for the film from Paramount. The release occurred immediately after the game. While the unique marketing tactics were praised, the film itself received generally negative reviews, with many considering it the weakest of the ''Cloverfield'' films. Provided by Wikipedia