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Bad Robot’s Upcoming Film ‘Kolma’ Could Be the Fifth ‘Cloverfield’ Movie?
Is J.J. Abrams bringing Daisy Ridley into the CloverVerse?
It seems that literally anything is possible when it comes to the Cloverfield Cinematic Universe, which to date has three installments: Cloverfield, 10 Cloverfield Lane and the just released The Cloverfield Paradox. As we recently learned, a World War II-set film titled Overlord is the franchise’s fourth, and now a fifth is already being rumored.
It’s no secret by now that producer J.J. Abrams has been turning initially unrelated sci-fi movies into Cloverfield-adjacent movies, as he did with both 10 Cloverfield Lane and The Cloverfield Paradox, which has essentially led fans to believe that every single Bad Robot production *could* end up being related. And we’ve been consistently shown that we’re not out of line in thinking that, most recently when the rumors surrounding Overlord were confirmed to actually be true. Yes, that movie is indeed being Clover-fied.
Reddit user RealJohnGillman *may* have uncovered the fifth Cloverfield film, positing that Bad Robot’s upcoming Kolma is part of the unconventional multiverse. The film, a remake of the 2003 Israeli TV movie Kol Ma (All I’ve Got), has Daisy Ridley attached.
Here’s the full theory (definitely *not* yet confirmed), as laid out by Gillman…
The buried origins of the cinema zombie will be explored in upcoming documentary Black Zombie, and Deadline reports that Kino Lorber has picked up the doc for U.S. release.
Kino Lorber will release Black Zombie in theaters later this year.
From writer and director Maya Annik Bedward, Black Zombie digs beneath the blood-soaked spectacle of modern horror to uncover the zombie’s buried and unsettling origins.
Long before it became associated with flesh-eating ghouls, the zombie was a living metaphor for slavery: not a monster, but the ultimate victim of colonial power.
Deadline further details, “Director Maya Annik Bedward traces the evolution of the zombie from colonial Haiti to contemporary Hollywood, reconsidering iconic films like White Zombie, Night of the Living Dead, and The Serpent and the Rainbow alongside archival footage, vérité scenes, and interviews with cultural historians, artists, and genre legends including Yves-Grégory Francois, Mambo Labelle Déesse, Slash, Tom Savini, and Zandashé Brown. Part cultural reckoning, part horror remix, Black Zombie exposes how a figure born from enslavement, spiritual belief, and resistance was transformed into one of pop culture’s most profitable monsters.”
“I’m thrilled to partner with Kino Lorber on the release of Black Zombie,” said Maya Annik Bedward. “The film explores the power of images to shape our understanding of history, culture, and race, making it especially meaningful to work with a distributor so deeply engaged with cinema’s past and present. Their passion for films that challenge, illuminate, and expand our understanding of the world makes them an ideal partner for bringing this story to audiences across the U.S.”
Kino Lorber’s Karoliina Dwyer adds, “The zombie is one of the most iconic images in cinema, and you’ll never look at them the same after watching Black Zombie. Maya Annik Bedward has crafted a fascinating, deeply researched documentary that unearths the long-buried Haitian origins of the genre, interrogating colonial, political, and Hollywood history to powerful and illuminating effect. We’re so proud to bring this documentary to U.S. audiences this fall.”
Executive producers for the documentary include music legend Slash.
‘I Walked With a Zombie’ (1943)
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