--- description: The first trailer for "The Cloverfield Paradox" was released during the Super Bowl — and Netflix announced it would be released Sunday night title: Cloverfield Sequel to Drop on Netflix After Super Bowl LII image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt47693cb4c7675d0b/6988fa88fb4eac63fa8958cc/cloverfield-paradox.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [film](/tag/film/) ## film Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Netflix Is Dropping a New _Cloverfield_ Movie Right After the Super Bowl and Everyone Is Freaking Out by [Jennifer Calfas](/author/jennifer-calfas/) ## Jennifer Calfas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 5, 2018 1:31 AM CUT  The release date for Cloverfield Paradox was announced during a surprise Super Bowl LII commercial on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018. The release date for Cloverfield Paradox was announced during a surprise Super Bowl LII commercial on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018.Netflix by [Jennifer Calfas](/author/jennifer-calfas/) ## Jennifer Calfas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 5, 2018 1:31 AM CUT In a first for the movie industry, Netflix announced the next sequel to _Cloverfield_, _Cloverfield Paradox_, will be available to stream immediately after Super Bowl LII Sunday night. _The_ _Cloverfield Paradox_, the highly anticipated third iteration of the 2008 sci-fi thriller, was announced in a surprise ad during the first half of the Super Bowl. The film, originally titled _God Particle_, was directed by Julius Onah and features Elizabeth Debicki, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Oyelowo, Chris O’Dowd and was produced by J.J. Abrams. The surprise Super Bowl announcement was the first time fans got a glimpse of the new film with a trailer – with the added detail that it would premiere on Netflix Sunday night, fans took to Twitter to celebrate. > [](https://twitter.com/jennydeluxe/status/960307813397532672) > [](https://twitter.com/electrolemon/status/960309559712653312) > [](https://twitter.com/davechensky/status/960312417761746947) > [](https://twitter.com/Acidic%5FHeart/status/960313154323427328) Director Ava DuVernay also shared her excitement for _Cloverfield Paradox_ on Twitter, where she called the film and its release a “gamechanger.” She noted that it stars and was created by people of color and congratulated the _Cloverfield_ cast and its director. > [](https://twitter.com/ava/status/960307970750889984) The third _Cloverfield_ movie in the franchise follows 2008’s _Cloverfield_ and 2016’s _10 Cloverfield Lane._ From Paramount, the first two films in the franchise were released in theaters, but _The_ _Cloverfield Paradox_ was instead purchased by Netflix. _Cloverfield Paradox_ will follow a group of astronauts who make a “horrible discovery,” according to the film’s[ IMDB page](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2548396/ "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5132786/netflix-cloverfield-sequel-super-bowl/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5132786/netflix-cloverfield-sequel-super-bowl/"},"headline":"Netflix Is Dropping a New Cloverfield Movie Right After the Super Bowl and Everyone Is Freaking Out","datePublished":"2018-02-05T01:31:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T19:08:21.420Z","description":"Fans were surprised when Netflix made the announcement","url":"https://time.com/5132786/netflix-cloverfield-sequel-super-bowl/","keywords":["film","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt47693cb4c7675d0b/6988fa88fb4eac63fa8958cc/cloverfield-paradox.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jennifer Calfas","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jennifer-calfas/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt47693cb4c7675d0b/6988fa88fb4eac63fa8958cc/cloverfield-paradox.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Cloverfield paradox","caption":"A still from Netflix's Cloverfield Paradox","creditText":"Netflix","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/film/","name":"film"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5132786/netflix-cloverfield-sequel-super-bowl/","name":"Netflix Is Dropping a New Cloverfield Movie Right After the Super Bowl and Everyone Is Freaking Out"}}]}] ```