In January 2021, it was officially announced that the new sequel would be a direct continuation of the 2008 original, a true sequel to that film, as opposed to yet another anthology story.
On September 23, 2022, it was announced that Babak Anvari would direct.
This will be the Fourth instalment of the 'Cloverfield' Universal franchise. And the second movie of the franchise without the involvement of Matt Reeves whom directed the first and produced the second which are the best received Cloverfield movies by critics and fans on Rotten Tomatoes (were only the first and second have fresh scores by critics). The third which was done without Reeves involvement is the worst received in the franchise with a negative score by Rotten Tomatoes critics, that one was only produced by JJ Abrams whom produced all the other movies.