Cloverfield, the Matt Reeves science fiction movie which saw a giant creature rampage through Manhattan, is finally getting a canonical sequel. The 2008 movie has received two spin-offs already, the very solid 10 Cloverfield Lane and the mistake we wish we could forget, a.k.a. The Cloverfield Paradox. These were made as their own movies before being retconned into a shared universe, a fate that almost befell A Quiet Place before the writers (thankfully!) came to their senses.

As such, this new film will be the first direct, canonical sequel to Cloverfield. No director has yet been tapped nor are any plot details known, but it has been confirmed that Giri/Haji creator Joe Barton is on to write the script. Barton also wrote the upcoming sci-fi movie Invasion, starring Riz Ahmed and Octavia Spencer, and has recently been confirmed as the new showrunner for HBO Max’s Batman series. Also on board is JJ Abrams, who produced the original and its two spin-offs.

Though Cloverfield is renowned for popularising found-footage filmmaking and was among the first movies to capitalise on ambiguous teaser campaigns and viral tie-ins, this sequel will reportedly not employ the found-footage style.